PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1917, 
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ELM. 
Compared with the quantity of elm reported cut in 1916, the 1917 
total cut of 191,853,000 feet is but 2 per cent smaller. The cut was 
lower by 11 per cent than the year before in Wisconsin, 15 per cent 
in Michigan, and 9 per cent in Indiana. The mills in Arkansas, 
Tennessee, Mississippi, and Missouri cut more than in 1916. The 
annual production of this wood has not varied much during the last 
few years. 
The average mill value of elm was $23.89 in 1917, an increase of 23 
per cent over the 1916 average of $19.46. 
Table 26. — Reported production of elm l lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 205,000,000 feet.] 
Number of 
active mills 
reporting. 
Quantity 
reported. 
Percent. 
Average 
value per 
1,000 feet 
f.o.b.mill. 
2,562 
FeetB. M. 
191,853,000 
100.0 
$23 89 
271 
204 
103 
276 
141 
86 
126 
270 
420 
37 
628 
46,077,000 
36,107,000 
21,748,000 
17,244,000 
12,809,000 
11,443,000 
9,959,000 
9, 653, 000 
6,015,000 
4, 786, 000 
16,012,000 
24.0 
18.8 
11.3 
9.0 
6.7 
6.0 
5.2 
5.0 
3.1 
2.5 
8.4 
24.14 
27 35 
23 55 
25 27 
25.54 
20 41 
21 23 
Ohio 
22 97 
21 88 
22 93 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39) 
18 70 
1 White (or soft) elm ( Ulmus amcricana) is cut in all of the States east of the Rocky Mountains. 
Slippery (or red, or soft) elm ( Ulmus pubescens) is cut in the same region as white elm. 
Cork (or true rock) elm ( Ulmus raccmosa) is cut in the Lake States. 
Wing elm ( Ulmus alata) and cedar elm ( Ulmus crassifolia) are occasionally cut in the lower Mississippi 
Valley. 
BASSWOOD. 
The out of basswood has shown an almost unbroken yearly decrease 
since 1908, and the 1917 figure of 190,757,000 feet is 9 per cent less 
than the reported cut of the year preceding. With the exception of 
Michigan, where an increase of about 5 per cent over the 1916 manu- 
facture is noted, the six leading producing States show a decreased 
cut from the year before ranging from a maximum of 27 per cent in 
West Virginia to a minimum of 1 per cent in Virginia. 
The average mill value for basswood in 1917 was $25.96; in 1916 
it was $21.05. The increase is 23 per cent. 
