PKODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1917. 37 
Tablk 38.— Reported production of lath, 1915-1917 , inclusive. 
United States 
Louisiana... 
Washington. 
Minnesota... 
Wisconsin... 
Arkansas — 
Maine 
Mississippi. 
Oregon 
Florida 
Idaho 
Michigan 
Texas 
< Georgia 
West Virginia 
Pennsylvania 
All other States (see Summary, 
P. 39) 
Number of active mills 
reporting. 
1917 
, 456 
58 
45 
113 
31 
106 
33 
32 
27 
22 
62 
18 
25 
54 
158 
1916 
1,770 
53 
121 
139 
30 
40 
28 
24 
20 
80 
187 
753 
1915 
71 
54 
116 
48 
122 
29 
28 
23 
29 
74 
19 
36 
70 
196 
Quantity reported (number of pieces). 
1917 
2,281,738,000 
348, 806, 000 
230, 194, 000 
213, 092, 000 
185, 074, 000 
147, 578, 000 
142,488,000 
133,925,000 
132,418,000 
97,954,000 
86, 264, 000 
84,352,000 
47,654,000 
46,889,000 
44,233,000 
43,928,000 
296,889,000 
2, 7,54, 683, 000 
354,551,000 
264, 690, 000 
267, 788, 000 
218, 598, 000 
78, 157, 000 
1215,112,000 
162, 689, 000 
142,352,000 
85, 187, 000 
117,365,000 
109, 323, 000 
42, 686, 000 
49,316,000 
96, 665, 000 
63, 016, 000 
487,188,000 
1915 
2,745,134,000 
418,554,000 
389,995,000 
230,686,000 
179, 193, 000 
97,185,000 
172,346,000 
123,011,000 
95,801,000 
89, 860, 000 
85,672,000 
124,543,000 
40, 698, 000 
34, 969, 000 
82,561,000 
70,877,000 
509,183,000 
1 Corrections have caused a reduction from the figures previously shown. 
PRODUCTION OF SHINGLES. 
With building operations throughout the country adversely affected 
in 1917 it was to be expected that the production of shingles would 
decrease. The reported cut was 8,696,513,000 pieces, a decrease 
of 7 per cent from the 1916 total manufacture. Washington, 
in which State are made 73 per cent of all the shingles reported 
cut, produced 6 per cent less than in 1916. Oregon, Louisiana, and 
Michigan totals are larger for 1917 than for the preceding year. On 
the other hand, California's output was diminished by 25 per cent. 
Other details of production are given in Table 39, which shows the 
number of mills operating and the cut in each of the last three years 
in the leading producing States. 
Table 39. — Reported production of shingles, 1915-1917, inclusive. 
Number of active mills 
reporting. 
Quantity reported (number of pieces). 
1915 
1917 
1916 
1915 
United States . 
Washington. 
Oregon 
Loiusiana . . . 
California. .. 
Michigan 
Maine 
Wisconsin 
Florida 
Georgia 
North Carolina. 
Texas 
Arkansas 
Alabama 
Idaho 
Mississippi 
All other States (see Summary, 
p.39j : 
1,619 
230 
42 
55 
41 
69 
150 
73 
49 
116 
110 
39 
44 
94 
7 
32 
468 
1,648 8,696,513,000 !l 9, 371, 333, 000 
8, 459, 378, 00 
238 
50 
53 
52 
200 
73 
51 
148 
135 
42 
42 
113 
9 
29 
628 
239 
48 
45 
25 
187 
77 
31 
111 
125 
33 
31 
82 
11 
18 
522 
6,313,364,000 
481, 353, 000 
453, 819, 000 
261,434,000 
203,907,000 
166,101,000 
151, 726, 000 
143, 792, 000 
112, 430, 000 
73, 703, 000 
61, 011, 000 
59,927,000 
54, 735, 000 
52, 631, 000 
39, 261, 000 
67, 319, 000 
6, 739, 388, 000 
471, 762, 000 
404, 263, 000 
348, 622, 000 
201, 171, 000 
1217,543,000 
175, 455, 000 
'131, 795, 000 
131,763,000 
123, 959, 000 
32, 749, 000 
45,411,000 
181,414,000 
79, 960, 000 
25, 198, 000 
160, 882, 000 
6, 313, 335, 000 
336, 6.52, 000 
385, 610, 000 
200, 755, 000 
250, 640, 000 
268, 004, 000 
122, 882, 000 
116, 054, 000 
69, 308, 000 
74, 773, 000 
22, 245, 000 
20, 501, 000 
67, 629, 000 
49, 512, 000 
11,950,000 
149, 528, 000 
Corrections have caused a slight reduction from the figures previously shown. 
