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BULLETIN 768, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
YELLOW PINE. 
Yellow pine produces nearly 38 per cent of the aggregate cut of all 
woods. In the yellow-pine cut are included the figures for the long- 
leaf pine produced in the Southern and Gulf States, the shortleaf 
pine from the same region as well as from Arkansas, and the short- 
leaf and loblolly pine of the North Carolina pine region. 
The computed cut for 1917 was 10 per cent under that for 1916 
and is the smallest cut recorded since 1911. The decrease in output 
was generally distributed among the several States, that of 24 per 
cent in North Carolina being the most noticeable and resulting in 
the State's dropping from fourth to seventh place in the relative 
rank of producing States. Alabama's total output was 9 per cent 
greater than for the preceding year, making the one exception of 
any note to the widespread reduction in cut. 
Not only was the production of yellow pine smaller than for several pre- 
vious years, but the character of material likewise changed considerably 
through the urgent demand for heavy material needed in ship construc- 
tion. No statistics are available as to the increase in the per cent of 
timbers and large-dimension cut, but it was large. Reports were received 
from 6,217 active mills in 1917, whereas 6,592 mills reported in 1916. 
The average value of yellow pine f. o. b. mill for the year was $19 
per 1,000 feet, an advance from $14.33 the year before, and the 
highest average value ever recorded for that wood since the collection 
of prices was undertaken in connection with the lumber census work. 
The advance is equivalent to 33 per cent over the 1916 value, and 
the figure is based upon the reports made by 4,260 mills. 
Table 8. — Reported production of yellou-pine l lumber in 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 13,539,464,000 feet.! 
United States. 
Louisiana . . 
Mississippi . 
Texas 
Alabama. . . 
Arkansas. . . 
Florida 
North Carolina 
Virginia 
South Carolina 
Georgia 
Oklahoma 
Tennessee 
Missouri 
Maryland 
Kentucky 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39). 
Number of 
active mills 
reporting. 
Quantity 
reported, 
Percent. 
Average 
value per 
1,000 feet 
f. o. b. mill 
Feet B. M. 
6.217 
12. 4S3. 410. 000 
100.0 
$19.00 
238 
2.9S2. 63S.00O 
23.9 
20.40 
536 
1.S14.92S.000 
14.5 
18.84 
272 
1.520. 286. 000 
12.2 
19.92 
721 
1. 285. 604. 000 
10.3 
17.34 
397 
956. 316. 000 
7.7 
20.10 
204 
946.096.000 
7.6 
18.34 
1.2<56 
940.972.000 
7.5 
17.19 
831 
586. 293. 000 
4.7 
17.94 
409 
558. 194. 000 
4.5 
19.22 
597 
547. 870. 000 
4.4 
16.59 
57 
196.677,000 
1.6 
19.84 
255 
55. 550. 000 
.4 
15.16 
85 
31.118.000 
.2 
15.58 
120 
23,386.000 
.2 
IS. 80 
70 
13, 875. 000 
.1 
22.39 
159 
23,607,000 
.2 
17.76 
1 Longleaf pine (Pinis palustris), also known as 
Georgia"pine and hard pine and exported as pitch 
pine; cut mostly in the Gulf States. 
North Carolina pine (Pinus tozda), also called 
shortleaf, loblolly, old field, rosemary, and Vir- 
.einiapine: cut mostly in Virginia, North and South 
Carolina, Arkansas, and Texas. 
Shortleaf pine (Pinus ecninata); cut mostly in 
Virginia, North and South Carolina, Arkansas, 
Louisiana, and Mississippi. 
Slash (or Cuban; pine {Pinus caribota); cut mostly in 
Georgia and the Gulf States east of the Mississippi River. 
Scrub pine {Pinus virginiana), also called Jersey pine; 
cut in the Middle Atlantic States. 
Pitch pine (Pinus rigida); Middle Atlantic and North- 
ern States. 
Spruce pine (Pinus glabra); Gulf States. 
Pond pine (Pinus serotina); South Atlantic States. 
Sand pine (Pinus clama); Florida and Alabama. 
Table-mountain pine (Pinus pun-gens); Appalachian 
Mountain?. 
