BULLETIN 604, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 1. — Annual production of incense cedar, as reported, and its value at 
prevailing market prices? 
Year. 
Total cut 
of incense 
cedar re- 
ported. 
Average 
mill-run 
price. 
Total value. 
1899 2 
1900 
1901 
1902 
1903 
1904 
1905 
1906 
1907 
19083 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
4,882,000 
4,049,000 
3,550,000 
2,424,000 
5,478,000 
3, 157, 000 
3,043,000 
2, 876, 000 
7,018,000 
12,790,000 
14, 834, 000 
20,846,000 
16,993,000 
18,507,000 
22,056,000 
17,872,000 
12, 185, 000 
16,587,000 
§10. 52 
12.95 
12.80 
11.39 
$134,551 
192, 100 
266,829 
193,550 
12.08 
13.05 
147, 195 
215,416 
1 Incense cedar forms less than 1 per cent of the total of all timber cut in California. 
2 Data for the years 1899—1907, inclusive, furnished by the California State Develop- 
ment Board. 
3 Data for 1908-1916, inclusive, from reports of the United States Bureau of the 
Census and the Forest Service. 
PRODUCTS AND USES. 
Incense cedar is chiefly valuable for its lasting qualities, its dura- 
bility in contact with soil, and its peculiarities of grain and texture. 
Its durability was early discovered by settlers and prospectors, as is 
shown by its extensive use for rails, fence posts, and foundation 
timbers. Telephone and telegraph companies, railroads, and lumber- 
men also have recognized its good qualities and utilize it to a consider- 
able extent for poles, stubs, flume timbers, ties, and the like, wherever 
it is available. Recent developments have shown its adaptability 
to certain special uses, and a growing demand has sprung up that 
promises to make this an important Pacific coast species in spite 
of its characteristic unsoundness and past unpopularity. Table 2 
indicates the extent to which incense cedar is used by manufacturers 
and Table 3 how the total cut of 1912 was divided among various 
uses. 
Table 2. — Consumption of incense cedar by the loood-using industries. 
Cost f. o. b. factory. 
Industry. 
Quantity used an- 
nually. 
Average 
per 1,000 
feet. 
Total. 
Feet b. m. 
3, 050, 000 
2,570,000 
93, 750 
62,500 
31,250 
Per cent. 
52.5 
44.2 
1.6 
1.1 
.6 
S18.00 
17.75 
25.00 
25.00 
16.50 
$54,900 
45,620 
Chests and boxes 
2,344 
1,563 
516 
Total 
5,807,500 
100.0 
18.07 
104, 943 
Note.— See Bulletin No. 3, California State Board of Forestry, "Wood-using Industries of California,' 
by Andrew K. Armstrong, engineer in timber tests, U. S. Forest Service, 1912. 
