PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES. 27 
Table 21. — Reported production of bassicood lumber, 1915. 
[Computed total production in United States, 260,000 M feet b. m.] 
State. 
Number 
of active 
mills 
report- 
ing. 
Quantity 
reported", 
Mfeet 
b. m. 
Per 
cent. 
Average 
value per 
Mfeet 
f.o.b. 
mill. 
United States 
Wisconsin 
Michigan : 
West Virginia 
New York 
Pennsylvania 
Ohio 
Vermont 
North Carolina 
Virginia -• 
All other States (see Summary, p. 40) 
2, 889 
207, 607 100. 
213 
191 
848 
220 
191 
177 
56 
55 
652 
73, 929 
35.6 
28,718 
13.8 
26, 956 
13.0 
18, 114 
8.7 
8,075 
3.9 
7,914 
3.8 
6,200 
• 3.0 
6,129 
3.0 
5,131 
2.5 
26, 441 
12.7 
818. 
ELM. 
Elm lumber is sold as soft and rock elm, the soft elm lumber com- 
ing from the botanical species white and slippery. White (or Amer- 
ican) elm (Ulmus americana) is found in all States east of the Rocky 
Mountains and furnishes the larger part of the soft elm lumber sold. 
Slippery (or red) elm (Ulmus pubescens) covers the eastern half 
of the United States, and is next to white elm in importance. 
Cork (or true rock) elm {Ulmus racemosa) is found in the North- 
ern States, and is cut mostly in the Lake States. 
Wing elm ( Ulmus alata) and cedar elm ( Ulmus crassifolia) of the 
lower Mississippi Valley are sometimes cut for lumber. 
Table 22. — Reported production of elm lumber, 1915. 
[Computed total production in United States, 210,000 M feet b. m.] 
State. 
Principal species cut. 
Number 
of active 
mills 
report- 
ing. 
Quantity 
reported", 
Mfeet 
b. m. 
Per 
cent. 
Average 
value per 
Mfeet 
f.o.b. 
mill. 
United States. 
Wisconsin ; ! White 
Michigan ' do. 
Arkansas do 
Indiana do. 
Ohio do. 
New York. . 
Missouri 
Tennessee 
Louisiana 
All other States (see Summary, p. 
40.) 
2, 730 I 
177, 748 I 100. 
264 
217 
72 
293 
319 
570 
135 
116 
26 
718 
42,534 
23.9 
35,598 
20.0 
17, 055 
9.6 
15,129 
8.5 
13, 815 
7.8 
9,435 
5.3 
8,817 
5.0 
7, 825 
4.4 
6,031 
3.4 
21,509 
12.1 
SI 6. 98 
17.50 
18.15 
15. 32 
18.03 
18.31 
18.16 
14.83 
16.38 
15. 15 
ASH. 
Three kinds of ash are important sources of lumber. White ash 
(Fraxinus americana) is cut mostly in the Central hardwood States 
