60 BULLETIN 1119, U. S. DEiPARTMENt OF AGRICULTURE. 
LUMBER VALUES. 
The average values for lumber shown in Tcbl: 38 were determined 
for each species from the individual reports of mills, representing 
every variation incident to the size of mill, region, logging conditions, 
transportation, manufacture, and sale of lumber The values given 
in the tables are weighted by the quantities produced at both large 
mills and small mills and accurately reflect the average value of the 
several species of lumber at the average mill. The variation in values 
for the same wood in different States is largely caused by differences 
in the quality of timber, perfection of manufacture, and quantity 
produced by the mill. 
Average mill values reported bv associations or by exclusively 
large mills are usually larger than those in Table 38, probably for the 
reason that the larger organizations are in a position to sell to better 
advantage than the owners of small mills. 
The average value of $38.-42 per thousand for all lumber sawed in 
1920 is an increase of $8.21 or 27 per cent above the 1919 valuation. 
This is the highest value, and the greatest increase in value per year, 
for wliich statistics are available. All species shared in the advance. 
For valuations of the total cut, the cut of each State, and the cut 
of geographic groups, refer to Table 4A, page 34. The value of the 
1920 cut exceeded that of 1919 by $255,000,000. In the consideia- 
tion of all lumber values at the present period the decreased purchas- 
ing power of the dollar should be kept in mind. The lumber cut of 
1899, wliich was only about a billion feet greater than that of 1920, 
was valued at $385,300,000, wliile the cut of 1920 is valued at 
$1,298,900,000. The increase in valuation for approximately the 
same quantity is 237 per cent. 
Table 38. — Average value f. o. h. mill per 1,000 feet board measure j by kinds of wood, for 
specified years, 1909-1920. 
Kind of wood. 
1920 
1919 
1918 
1917 
1916 
1915 
1911 
1910 
1909 
All kinds 
S38. 42 
$30. 21 
$24. 79 
$20. 32 
$15. 32 
$14.04 
$15. 05 
$15. 
30 
$15. 38 
Softwoods: 
13.87 
Yellow pine 
35. 89 
28.71 
24. 38 
19.00 
14.33 
12.41 
13. 
29 
12. 69 
Douglas fir 
34. 59 
24.62 
18. 77 
16. 28 
10. 78 
10.59 
11.05 
13. 
00 
12.44 
Western yellow pine 
38. 73 
27. 75 
20. 87 
19. 59 
14. 52 
14. 32 
13. 62 
14. 
25 
15. 39 
32. 05 
29.16 
23. 97 
20. 78 
15. 35 
13.14 
13.59 
13. 
85 
13.95 
41.49 
32.83 
30.84 
24. 81 
19. 16 
17.44 
18.54 
18. 
93 
18. 16 
Cypress 
38.94 
30. 76 
28. 65 
24.41 
17. 58 
16.58 
16. 14 
16. 
62 
16. 91 
51.02 
38. 38 
30.56 
23. 92 
20.85 
19.85 
20.54 
20. 
51 
20.46 
46.90 
30.04 
24. 30 
21.00 
13. 93 
13.54 
13.99 
15. 
52 
14.80 
Larch (tamarack) 
30.28 
23.39 
19.86 
16.21 
12. 49 
10.78 
11.87 
12. 
33 
12.68 
White fir 
30.44 
25.66 
19. 61 
17. 16 
12.25 
10. 94 
10. 64 
11. 
52 
13. 10 
38. 68 
33.80 
24.86 
19.40 
15. 24 
16. 10 
13.86 
15. 
53 
19. 95 
Sugar pine 
48. 76 
35. 99 
28. 26 
24. 69 
16. 77 
17. 40 
17. 52 
18. 
68 
18. 14 
34. 33 
32.23 
27.27 
20. 02 
16. 49 
13. 79 
13. 42 
14. 
48 
13.99 
30.58 
29. 98 
20. 95 
18.34 
15. 13 
13. 57 
12.41 
14. 
88 
16.25 
Hardwoods: 
20.06 
19. 14 
76 
Oak 
46.88 
37.87 
31.11 
24.49 
18. 73 
1& 
20,50 
Gum, red and sap 
50. 16 
35.56 
29. 05 
23. 16 
18. 24 
15. 21 
15. 49 
18. 
16 
15. 77 
35. 24 
32. 68 
23.21 
19.56 
14.64 
12.54 
12,11 
12. 
26 
13,20 
42.48 
32. 30 
27.31 
21.54 
17. 05 
16. 17 
16. 63 
16, 
23 
16. 12 
53.44 
35. 79 
29.94 
24.07 
19. 59 
16. 52 
16.61 
17. 
37 
16,95 
58. 87 
41.65 
35.06 
27. 17 
21.89 
22. 45 
25. 46 
24. 
71 
25.39 
36. 51 
29. 97 
25.06 
19. 58 
16.20 
14. 01 
14.09 
14. 
34 
13.25 
Elm 
47.23 
36. 39 
28. 19 
22.89 
19. 46 
16. 98 
17,13 
18. 
67 
17.52 
54.28 
40.03 
34.00 
25.96 
21.05 
18.89 
19. 20 
20. 
94 
19.50 
33. 68 
28.42 
22. 73 
18.06 
13.00 
12.25 
12. 46 
12. 
14 
11.87 
Ash 
61.28 
52. 69 
38. 70 
30.01 
23.85 
22.15 
21.21 
22, 
47 
24.44 
Cottonwood 
33. 38 
32.24 
26.13 
23. 19 
17.42 
17. 36 
18. 12 
17. 
78 
18.05 
Walnut 
52. 57 
44. 37 
37. 95 
29. 48 
23.84 
23. 35 
22.47 
26. 
55 
30.80 
88. 92 
72.13 
77.60 
72.99 
42. 38 
48. 37 
31. 70 
34. 
91 
43.79 
32.12 
30.42 
23.59 
18. 68 
14. 65 
13.86 
13. 16 
14. 
10 
14,87 
