PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1917. 33 
An increase in the average value from $23.84 to $29.48 per 1,000 
feet, or 24 per cent, took place from 1916 to 1917. 
Table 32. — Reported production of hickory l lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 95,000,000 feet.] 
Number of 
active mills 
reporting. 
Quantity 
reported. 
Per cent. 
Average 
value per 
1 ,000 feet 
f. o. b. mill. 
United States . 
2,396 
FcetB. M. 
82, 512, 000 
100.0 
$29.48 
Arkansas 
Tennessee 
West Virginia. 
Mississippi 
Indiana 
Ohio 
Kentucky 
Louisiana 
Pennsylvania. 
Missouri 
North Carolina 
Virginia 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39). 
110 
232 
197 
63 
297 
208 
28 
202 
85 
114 
113 
483 
12,511,000 
11,054,000 
9,237,000 
7, 338. 000 
7, 276, 000 
6, 276, 000 
6, 056, 000 
3, 229, 000 
3,848,000 
2, 767, 000 
2, 383, 000 
2,337.000 
8, 200; 000 
15.2 
13.4 
11.2 
7.6 
7.3 
3.9 
4.7 
3.4 
2.9 
2.8 
9.9 
32. 57 
29.08 
25. 51 
33.35 
35.28 
30.87 
25. 01 
24.89 
34.79 
34.18 
21.85 
19.98 
26.08 
1 Several species of hickory are cut, the principal ones being: 
Shagbark (Hicoria ovata). 
Shellbark (Hicoria laciniosa). 
Pignut (Hicoria glabra), 
Bitternut (Hicoria minima). 
Mockernut (Hicoria alba). 
BALSAM FIR. 
The reported balsam-fir output, 75,491,000 feet, was 22 per cent 
smaller than in 1916. A part of the timber cut was diverted from the 
sawmill to the pulp mill because of its relatively higher value as pulp 
wood than saw logs. The production in Wisconsin was more than 
double that of the year before. The cut for the- other States fell off 
in various proportions from 20 per cent in Maine to 49 per cent in 
New Hampshire. 
The average mill value of balsam fir of $20.02 per 1,000 feet was 
21 per cent more than the corresponding figure for 1916. 
Table 33. — Reported production of balsam-fir 1 lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 88,900,000 feet.] 
Number of 
active mills 
reporting. 
Quantity 
reported. 
Percent. 
Average 
value per 
1,000 feet 
f. o. b. mill. 
United States 
485 
FeetB. M. 
75,491,000 
100.0 
S20 02 
Maine 
197 
65 
41 
33 
89 
30 
30 
42, 839, 000 
11,234,000 
7, 899, 000 
5, 884, 000 
4,228,000 
2, 473, 000 
884, 000 
56.8 
14.9 
10.4 
7.8 
5.6 
3.3 
1.2 
Minnesota 
14.86 
20.85 
19.87 
21.62 
21.18 
Wisconsin 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39) 
Balsam fir ( Abies balsarnea) is the only species cut as such. 
