PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1917. 31 
COTTONWOOD. 
Cottonwood production totaling 178,985,000 feet reflected stimu- 
lated manufacture in 1917, for it was a 33 per cent addition to the 
1916 reported cut. A large part of the cottonwood produced is 
utilized in the manufacture of boxes, and the demand for boxes 
during the year was exceptionally strong. Production in Mississippi 
was 35 per cent over that of 1916, in Louisiana 17 per cent, in Missouri 
62 per cent, and in Arkansas 68 per cent. Cottonwood output during 
the last ten years has remained nearly stationary. 
The average mill value for cottonwood increased 33 per cent, or 
from $17.42 in 1916 to $23.19 in 1917. 
Table 29. — Reported production of cottonivood 1 lumber, 1917 . 
[Computed total production in the United States, 190,000,000 feet.] 
Number of 
active mills 
reporting. 
Quantity- 
reported. 
Per cent. 
Average 
value per 
1,000 feet 
f.o.b.mill. 
United States 
928 
Feet B. M. 
178,985,000 
100.0 
$23. 19 
Mississippi 
55 
55 
32 
65 
64 
48 
55 
66 
40 
448 
47,725,000 
46,163,000 
21,494,000 
10, 986, 000 
8, 655, 000 
7, 664, 000 
5,042,000 
4,750,000 
4, 090, 000 
22, 416, 000 
26.7 
25.8 
12.0 
6.1 
4.8 
4.3 
2.8 
2.7 
2.3 
12.5 
23.57 
26.04 
23.85 
Minnesota 
15.73 
23. 15 
Tennessee 
26.38 
19.83 
New York 
20.24 
Wisconsin 
19.08 
20.60 
1 Common cottonwood (Populus deltoides) is the species most commonly cut east of the Rocky Moun- 
tains aud more particularly in the lower Mississippi Valley. 
Swamp cottonwood (Populus heterophylla) is cut in the Mississippi Valley States. 
Aspen (or popple) (Populus tremuloides) is cut in the Lake States and the Northeastern States, and to a 
limited extent in the Rocky Mountains and farther west. 
Large-toothed aspen (Populus grandidentata) is cut in the Lake States and Northeastern States. 
Balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera) is cut in the Lake States and Eastern States. 
Black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) is cut in the Pacific Coast States. 
ASH. 
Of the eight States leading in the production of ash all but one 
slightly increased their respective outputs and contributed to the 
2 per cent increase over the 1916 cut. The total reported quantity 
milled was 159,175,000 feet. The exception noted above was in 
Arkansas, where the decreased output amounted to 10 per cent. 
Louisiana by an increased cut of 33 per cent over 1916 became the 
leading producing State, supplanting Arkansas in the position. The 
demand for ash in 1917 became insistent because of specific uses to 
which it w T as put in war-preparation work. 
Ash has next to the highest average value of any domestic wood, 
The average for 1917 was $30.01 per 1,000 feet, an increase of 26 per 
cent from $23.85 in 1916. 
