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BULLETIN 768, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
Table 27. — Reported production of basswood 1 lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 203,000,000 feet.] 
Number of 
active mills 
reporting. 
Quantity 
reported. 
Per cent. 
Average 
value per 
1,000 feet 
f. o. b.mill. 
United States. 
2,548 
FeetB. M. 
190,757,000 
100.0 
S25. 
Wisconsin 
Michigan 
West Virginia. 
New York 
Virginia 
North Carolina. 
Tennessee 
Ohio 
Indiana 
Kentucky 
Vermont 
Pennsylvania 
Minnesota 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39) . 
273 
197 
161 
'538 
73 
87 
82 
174 
128 
82 
174 
196 
70 
213 
67,787,000 
38,427,000 
21,098,000 
12,240,000 
6,925,000 
6,570,000 
6,251,000 
5,231,000 
4, 859, 000 
4, 698, 000 
4,530,000 
4,391,000 
3,832,000 
3.918,000 
35.5 
20.1 
11.1 
6.4 
3.6 
3.4 
3.3 
2.7 
2.6 
2.5 
2.4 
2.3 
2.0 
2.: 
26.60 
27.74 
25.43 
25.48 
25.65 
22.96 
25.21 
25. S4 
27.19 
23.41 
23.68 
23.69 
19. 4.5 
21.70 
i Basswood (or linn) ( Tilia americarw.) is cut in the Lake States. 
White basswood ( Tilia heterophylla) is cut in the Appalachian Mountain region. 
Downy basswood ( Tilia pvhescens) is cut in limited quantity in the Southern States. 
WHITE FIR. 
White fir is of ever growing importance commercially, and its 
production increases each. year. The 1916 production was 56 per 
cent greater than the 1915 output. The total output of 213,427,000 
feet reported for 1917 is 13 per cent in excess of the 1916 cut. The 
quantity made hy the California and Nevada mills was 40 per cent 
more than the year before. The combined cut of the two States was 
56.6 per cent of the country's total in comparison with 45.3 per cent in 
1916. The cut of the Washington mills increased 32 per cent and that 
of the Montana mills was nearly trebled; on the other hand, Idaho 
mills cut 38 per cent and Oregon mills 3 per cent less than in 1916. 
A 40 per cent increase in the average value of white fir took place 
during the year. The 1916 value was $12.25; the 1917 value, $17.16. 
Table 28. — Reported production of white-fir 1 lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 218,200,000 feet.] 
Number of 
active mills 
reporting. 
Quantity 
reported. 
Per cent. 
Average 
value per 
1,000 feet 
f. o. b.mill. 
United States. 
California (including Nevada) . . 
Idaho 
Washington 
Oregon 
Montana 
All other States (see Summary, 
233 
FeetB. M. 
213,427,000 
100.0 
817. If 
120,661,000 
37,416,000 
23,736,000 
19,847,000 
9,645,000 
2,122,000 
56.6 
17.5 
11.1 
9.3 
4.5 
1.0 
18.00 
17.83 
15.36 
13.79 
15.28 
17.91 
1 White fir (Abies concolor) is cut only in the West. 
Marketed as white fir are: 
Grand fir (^1 hies grandis), cut mostly in Idaho and Montana. 
Silver fir (Abies amabilis), cut chiefly in Washington. 
Noble fir (A bies nobilis), cut chiefly in Oregon. 
Red fir (Abies magnifica), cut chiefly in California. 
Alpine fir (A bies lasiocarpa), cut chiefly in California. 
