LUMBER CUT OF UNITED STATES, 1870-1920. 
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Table 26. — Reported prodvxtion oj hdssvjood ^ lumber in 1920. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 195,000 M feet.] 
State. 
United States 
Wisconsin 
Michigan 
West Vireinia 
New YoFK 
North Carolina 
Virginia 
Minnesota 
Tennessee 
Ohio 
Indiana 
Pennsylvania 
Vermont 
Kentucky 
All other States (see Table 37, p. 56) 
Number 
of active 
mills 
reporting, 
2,372 
Quantity reported. 
Mfeetb. m'. 
169, 276 
Per cent. 
100.0 
Average 
value per 
1,000 feet 
f.o. b.mill. 
$.54,28 
225 
154 
138 
679 
66 
56 
104 
70 
165 
122 
153 
127 
99 
214 
59,067 
23, 562 
19, 369 
14, 834 
7,616 
7,2.58 
5,412 
4,953 
4, 940 
4,662 
4, 417 
4,308 
4,303 
4,575 
34.9 
I. 3.9 
II. 5 
4.3 
3.2 
2.9 
2.9 
2.8 
2.6 
2.5 
2.5 
2.7 
57. a5 
56.6.5 
60. 81 
50.44 
44.81 
64.16 
38.69 
52. 87 
.50.14 
53.24 
53.59 
44.88 
42. .36 
37.56 
1 Basswood (or linn) ( Tilia americana) is cut principally in the Lake States. "\Miite basswood C T. hetero 
phyUa) is cut in the Appalachian Mountain region. Downy basswood ( T. puhescem) is cut in limited 
quantity in the Southern States. 
Table 27. — Reported production oj tupelo^ lumber in 1920. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 180,000 M feet.] 
State. 
United States 
Louisiana 
Alabama 
South Carolina 
Mississippi 
Arkansas 
Virginia 
North Carolina 
Tennessee 
ilissouri 
Illinois 
All other States (see Table 37, p. 56) 
Number 
Quantity reported. 
Average 
of active 
value per 
mills 
1,000 feet 
reporting 
Mfeetb. m. 
Per cent. 
f.o. b.mill. 
721 
161, 055 
100.0 
$33.68 
45 
87, 03S 
54.0 
35.09 
46 
12,696 
7.9 
36. 74 
21 
12,278 
7.6 
38.54 
52 
8,758 
5.4 
27. 01 
71 
7,685 
4.8 
31.73 
39 
7,639 
4.8 
29. 12 
45 
4,730 
2.9 
32.90 
84 
3,583 
2.2 
28.99 
25 
3, 430 
2.1 
22.52 
10 
2,494 
1.6 
18.46 
283 
10,724 
6.7 
32.22 
1 Tupelo (or cotton giun) {Nyssa aquatica) is cut in the Gulf States. Black gum (or pepperidge) (JV. 
syhatica) is cut in the Atlantic and Central States and is sold both as tupelo and black gum. Water gum 
(N. biflora) is cut to a small extent in the South Atlantic States. 
