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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 1119 
Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER April 25, 1923 
LUMBER CUT OF THE UNITED STATES 
1870-1920 
DECLINING PRODUCTION AND 
HIGH PRICES AS RELATED TO 
FOREST EXHAUSTION 
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BY 
R. V. REYNOLDS, Forest Examiner, and ALBERT H. PIERSON 
Statistician in Forest Products, Forest Service 
CONTENTS 
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Introduction • 1 
Part I. Significance of Declining Lumber Prodaction 3 
Part II. Statistics of Production 24 
Lumber Production 24 
Table 24 
By Qasses of MiUs 24 
States and Groups 29 
By Species . 35 
By States and Species 55 
Lumber Values, by States and Species ........60 
Lath Production, by States 61 
Shingle Production by States 61 
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' WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1923 
