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BULLETIN 506, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
WHITE FIR. 
White fir is cut only in the West. White fir {Abies concolor) , also 
called balsam fir, is the principal source of white fir lumber in all 
the Western States except Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. 
Other species, sold as white fir and therefore here included under that 
name, are grand fir (Abies grandis), silver fir (Abies amabilis) 
sometimes called amabilis fir, noble fir (Abies nobilis), red fir (AMes 
magnified), and alpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa). The cut of white fir 
lumber in Idaho and Montana is increasing. 
Table 26. — Reported production of white fir lumber, 1915. 
[Computed total production in United States, 125,048 M feet b. m.] 
State. 
Principal species cut. 
Number 
of active 
mills 
report- 
ing. 
Quantity 
reported, 
M feet 
b. m. 
Per - 
cent. 
Average 
value per 
Mfeet 
f. o. b. 
mill. 
236 
121, 653 
100.0 
810. 94 
White fir ; red fir 
45 
57 
51 
27 
6 
50 
50, 820 
42, 906 
12,592 
6,783 
6,510 
2,042 
41.8 
35.3 
10.3 
5.6 
5.3 
1.7 
11. 61 
10.80 
9.41 
Silver fir 
9.11 
Grand fir 
10.40 
p. 38). 
1 Includes 2 mills in Nevada. 
SUGAR PINE. 
Sugar pine .(Pinus lambertiana) is the largest pine in the United 
States. The wood resembles white pine, and the uses of the two are 
similar. The estimated total cut of 117,701,000 feet is based on 
114,494,000 feet reported by 42 mills in California and 615,000 feet 
reported by 2 mills in Oregon. The species grows in no other States. 
The average value for California was $17.41 and for Oregon $15.00. 
BALSAM FIR. 
One species furnishes all of the balsam fir lumber produced. This 
is the common balsam fir or balsam (Abies balsamea), which is 
lumbered in the Northeast and in the Lake States. 
Table 27. — Reported production of balsam fir lumber. 1915. 
[Computed total production in United States, 100,000 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. 
545 
71,358 100.0 
S13. 79 
Maine 
Minnesota 
Vermont 
Michigan 
New Hampshire 
Wisconsin 
All other States (see Summary , p. 38) , 
235 I 
76 
94 
39 
37, 279 
14. 159 
8^849 
4,491 
3,705 
2,446 
429 
52.2 
19.9 
12.4 
6.3 
5.2 
3. 4 
14. OS 
12.65 
14.28 
13.99 
13. 82 
13. 61 
