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BULLETIN 76S, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGBICCXTTTIE. 
LUMBER PRODUCTION BY STATES. 
Table 5 shows for 10 years — 1908 to 1917, inclusive — the total 
number of sawmills in operation and, the total quantity of lumber 
BILLIONS OF BOARD FEET 
12 3 4- 
WASHINGTON 
LOUISIANA 
OREGON 
MISSISSIPPI 
ARKANSAS 
TEXAS 
ALABAMA . - , 
NORTH CAROLINA . 
CALIFORNIA (INCLUDING NEVADA 
WISCONSIN. 
FLORiDA__ 
'.' '. \ESOTA... 
k :higan , 
. RGINIA 
WEST VIRGINIA 
MA NE 
IDAHO 
SOUTH CAROLINA.. 
GEORGIA 
TENNESSEE 
PEN N SYLVAN I A 
NEW YORK 
.KENTUCKY „.__ 
MONTANA 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 
MISS CUR I 
OKLAHOMA— 1 
INDIANA 
OHIO 
VERMONT 
MASSACHUSETTS 
NEW MEXICO 
ARIZONA 
COLORADO 
MARYLAND £ 
CONNECTICUT 
ILLINOIS 
SOUTH DAKOTA.... „...! 
NEW JERSEY. __. 
IOWA. _ _ 
RHODE ISLAND _._ 
WYOMING _ 
UTAH 
DE LAWARE 
KANSAS 
EIg. 2.— Co mp uted total lumber production in 1917, by States. 
reported sawed in each State. These statistics indicate clearly the 
growth or decline of the industry in each State. 
It is significant that only Washington. Louisiana, and Oregon, the 
three States ranking highest in production for 1917. and Missouri. 
