PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1917. 
of the Census in the decennial censuses for those years, which per- 
mitted the output of nearly all, if not all, mills being recorded. The 
reported cut for 1917 was smaller than for any year since 1905, with 
the exception of 1915, while the estimated total cut for 1917 was the 
smallest for any year since 1899. 
Table 1. — Quantity of lumber reported, number of active sawmills reporting, and 
estimated total cut, 1899-1917. 
Year. 
Reported cut of 
Active mills 
Estimated total 
lumber. 
reporting. 
cut of lumber. 
1899 
35,084,166,000 
31,833 
35,084,166,000 
U904 
34, 135, 139, 000 
2 18, 277 
43, 000, 000, 000 
1905 
30, 502, 961, 000 
11,666 
43, 500, 000, 000 
1906 
37, 550, 736, 000 
22, 398 
46,000,000,000 
U907 
40, 256, 154, 000 
28,850 
46,000,000,000 
3 1908 
33,224,369,000 
31, 231 
42,000,000,000 
1909 
44,509,761,000 
4 46, 584 
44,509,761,000 
3 1910 
40,018,282,000 
2 31,934 
44,500,000,000 
3 1911 
37, 003, 207, 000 
2 28, 107 
43,000,000,000 
1912 
39, 158, 414, 000 
2 29,005 
45,000,000,000 
1913 
38,387,009,000 
2 21,668 
44,000,000,000 
11914 
37, 346, 023, 000 
2 27, 506 
40,500,000,000 
1915 
31,241,734,000 
2 16, 815 
38,000,000,000 
1916 
34,791,385,000 
2 17, 269 
40, 000, 000, 000 
1917 
33,192,911,000 
2 16,420 
36,000,000,000 
i Custom mills excluded. 
2 Mills cutting under 50,000 feet excluded. 
3 Including mills which manufacture lath 
shingles exclusively (1,500 estimated). 
* Includes 4,543 mills cutting less than 50,000 feet, 
and all cooperage, veneer, millwork, box, furniture, 
and other factories cutting any lumber at all in 1909. 
Table 2. — Reported production of lumber 1909, 1912, 191 A, and computed totals, 1915, 
1916, and 1917, by classes of mills. 
Year. 
Mills. 
Quantity reported. 
Classes. 
Number 
reporting. 
Per 
cent. 
FeetB.M. 
Per 
cent. 
All classes 
f U909 
1912 
1914 
2 1915 
2 1916 
2 1917 
42,041 
29,005 
27,506 
29, 951 
30, 081 
24,815 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
44,384,795,000 
39, 158, 414, 000 
37,346,023,000 
37,011,656,000 
39, 807, 251, 000 
35, 831, 239, 000 
100.00 
100. 00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
Class 5: 10,000,000 feet and over per year 
f 1909 
1912 
1914 
21915 
2 1916 
2 1917 
888 
926 
867 
846 
925 
899 
2.11 
3.19 
3.15 
2.82 
3.08 
3.62 
19,126,223,000 
21, 259, 274, 000 
20,934,446,000 
20, 669, 746, 000 
23,310,137,000 
22,148,570,000 
43.09 
54.29 
56.06 
55.84 
58.56 
61.81 
Class 1: 5,000,000 to 9,999,000 feet per year 
f 1909 
1912 
1914 
2 1915 
2 1916 
, 2 1917 
783 
608 
547 
453 
484 
459 
1.86 
2.10 
1.99 
1.51 
1.61 
1.85 
5,291,606,000 
4,311,063,000 
3, 910, 370, 000 
3, 224, 448, 000 
3,513,767,000 
3,360,502,000 
11.92 
11.01 
10.47 
8.71 
8.82 
9.38 
Class 3: 1,000,000 to 4,999,000 feet per year 
f 1909 
1912 
1 1914 
\ 2 1915 
21916 
[ 2 1917 
5,443 
3,747 
3,291 
3,191 
3,041 
2,352 
12.95 
12.92 
11.97 
10.65 
10.11 
9.48 
10,068,592,000 
7, 009, 608, 000 
6, 078, 730, 000 
6, 201, 864, 000 
5, 858, 675, 000 
4, 615, 941, 000 
22.69 
17.90 
16.28 
16.76 
14.72 
12.88 
Class 2: 500,000 to 999,000 feet per year 
f 1909 
1912 
1914 
2 1915 
2 1916 
2 1917 
6,468 
4,420 
4,261 
4,198 
4,594 
3,689 
15.39 
15.24 
15.49 
14.02 
15.27 
14.87 
4, 315, 636 000 
2 951 068 000 
2 780 184 000 
2 941 264 000 
3 096 760 000 
2 460 685 000 
9.72 
7.54 
7.44 
7.95 
7.78 
6.87 
C lass 1 : 50,000 to 499,000 feet per year . 
f 1909 
1912 
1 1914 
1 2 1915 
2 1916 
[2 1917 
28, 459 
19,304 
18, 540 
21, 263 
21, 037 
17, 416 
67.69 
66.55 
67.40 
70.99 
69.93 
70.18 
5 582,738,000 
3, 627, 401, 000 
3, 642, 293, 000 
3, 974, 334, 000 
4, 027, 912, 000 
3, 245, 541, 000 
12.58 
9.26 
9.75 
10.74 
10.12 
9.06 
1 The total for 1909 differs from that shown in the other tables because 4,543 mills cutting 124,966,000 feet 
or less than 50,000 feet each, are omitted above. 
2 The data here shown for 1915, 1916, and 1917 are computed totals by classes of mills. 
