PKODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1917. 13 
New Mexico, and Kansas show a larger cut than in 1916. In the other 
States, with the exception of Oklahoma, where the total cut is the 
same for both years, the output decreased. None of the gains were 
of much importance except that in Oregon, which was approximately 
16 per cent. Serious declines are noticeable in the figures for some of 
the larger producing States, such as that of 30 per cent in the North 
Carolina cut, 27 per cent in West Virginia, 21 per cent in Virginia, 18 
per cent in Maine, 26 per cent in Georgia, 25 per cent each in Pennsyl- 
vania and New Hampshire, and 31 per cent in Kentucky. The 
decreased cut extends through the figures for the other States in a 
varying degree, the 10 per cent, or 89,600,000 feet, decrease in Idaho 
being of relatively greater importance than the 20 per cent, or 
55,000,000 feet decrease in Ohio. 
The trend of production over a period of years is shown in Table 6 
by groups of States which constitute more or less natural units. 
Table 6. — Lumber cut by groups of States in per cent of the total. 
1850 
I860 
Northeastern group 54. 8 
Central group 18. 6 
Southern group 8. 5 
North Carolina pine group 5. 1 
Lake States group 6.3 
Pacific group 5. 9 
Rocky Mountain group ! 
All other States .8 
37.0 
21.1 
13.0 
4.8 
13.6 
.1 
4.0 
1870 
1880 
37.8 
20.0 
2.5 
24.4 
4.0 
.9 
3.5 
25.8 
18.4 
9.7 
4.1 
34.7 
3.6 
.9 
2.8 
1890 
19.8 
13.1 
15.6 
4.7 
34.6 
8.5 
1.1 
2.6 
1900 
16.3 
16.1 
24.0 
7.7 
11.7 
12.3 
33.3 
11.6 
12.3 
15.5 
2.9 
.4 
1917 
7.0 
7.4 
38. 8 
9.1 
23.9 
3.8 
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LUMBER PRODUCTION BY KINDS OF WOOD. 
Arranged in Table 7 is the computed cut of the different woods for 
the last 10 years. As the figures in Table 5 disclose a decreased cut in 
most of the States, the figures in Table 6 show a corresponding decline 
in the quantity of many of the species manufactured. The com- 
puted cut of only three softwoods was greater in 1917 than during the 
preceding year: Douglas fir with an increase of 3 per cent, western 
yellow pine 16 per cent, and white fir with 15 per cent. 
Among the softwoods the decrease in the output from the year 
before amounted to 10 per cent in yellow pine, 17 per cent in white 
pine, 6 per cent in hemlock, 10 per cent in spruce, 5 per cent in cypress, 
1 per cent in redwood, 20 per cent in larch, and 7 per cent in sugar 
pine. The maximum decrease for any one. wood was 59 per cent in 
lodgepole pine. Hardwood production also fell off appreciably, the 
decrease reaching 32 per cent in oak, 6 per cent in birch, 22 per cent 
in chestnut, 38 per cent in yellow poplar, 13 per cent in beech, 15 per 
cent in elm, and 26 per cent in basswood. 
