LUMBER CUT OF UNITED STATES, 1870-1920. 
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Expressing the results in per cents of the total cut for each period, 
Table 5 shows the relative rank of the eight regional groups of States, 
as sho\vTi by every enumeration since 1840. The history of the lum- 
ber industry is traceable in Tables 4, 4a, and 5, since the peak produc- 
tion of even the oldest lumbering regions probably falls within their 
scope. The indications seem clear that all regions except the Pacific 
Coast and the Rocky Moimtains are definitely past their maximimi 
production. 
Table 5. — Lumber cut by groups of States, in per cent of the total. 
Group. 
1850 
1860 
1870 
1880 
1890 
1899 
1909 
1919 
1920 
Per ct. 
Per ct. 
Per ct. 
Per ct. 
Perci. 
Per ct. 
Per ct. 
Per ct. 
Per ct. 
Total 
100 0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
Northeastern group 
54.8 
37.0 
37.8 
25.8 
19.8 
16.3 
11.7 
7.5 
6.5 
Central group 
18.6 
21.1 
20.0 
18.4 
13. 1 
16. 1 
12.3 
8.7 
8.1 
Southern group 
8.5 
13.0 
6.9 
9.7 
15.6 
24.0 
33.3 
36.8 
34.0 
North Carolina pine group. . . 
5. 1 
4.8 
2.5 
4. 1 
4.7 
7.7 
11.6 
9.8 
8.5 
Lake States group 
6.3 
13.6 
24.4 
34.7 
34.6 
24.9 
12.3 
7.8 
7.1 
Pacific group 
5.9 
6.4 
4.0 
3.6 
8.5 
8.3 
15. 5 
25.5 
30.6 
Rockv Mountain group 
.0 
.1 
.9 
.9 
1.1 
1.6 
2.9 
3.7 
5.0 
All other 
.8 
4.0 
3.5 
2.8 
2.6 
1.1 
,4 
.2 
.2 
Northeastern group: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New 
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont. 
Central group: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia. 
Southern group: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia. Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas. 
North Carolina pine group: North Carolina, South CaroUna, Virginia. 
Lake States group: Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin. 
Pacific group: CaUfomia, Nevada, Oregon, Washington. 
Rocky Mountain group: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming. 
AU other: Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota. 
LUMBER PRODUCTION BY SPECIES. 
Table 6 gives the Imnber production by species, from 1899, the 
earliest enumeration in which species were distinguished. Computed 
figures, so far as available, have been used. The rank of the first 15 
species is shown for each year. The species showing the principal 
increases in production in 1920 are from the Pacific coast and Rocky 
Mountains. 
