PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AXTL SHINGLES. 
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tically all the large sawmills active, and the reported production of 
lath in the two years is therefore very close to the actual total. It 
follows then that, since the 1915 reported cut is greater than the 
1912 reported cut and since only two-thirds as many mills reported 
in 1915 as in 1912, the production of lath increased from 1912 to 
1915. This increase came in a poor lumber year; but the demand 
for lath has increased since 1912 largely because of stucco construc- 
tion. 
The reported total cut of lath for several years previous to 1912 
was as follows: 1911, 2,971,110,000; 1910, 3,494,718,000; 1909, 3,703,- 
195,000. 
Table 33. — Reported production of lath, 1915 and 1912. 
[Computed total 1915 cut, 3,250,000 thousand.] 
State. 
Number of active 
mills reporting. 
1915 
1912 
Quantity reported, 
thousands. 
United States 
Louisiana 
Washington 
Minnesota 
Wisconsin 
Maine 
Michigan 
Mississippi 
Virginia 
Arkansas 
North Carolina 
Oregon 
Florida 
Idaho 
West Virginia 
All other States (see Summary, p. 40) 
71 
54 
116 
122 
74 
29 
101 
48 
106 
28 
23 
29 
70 
752 
2,586 
2,745,134 I 2,719,163 
65 
69 
74 
192 
172 
135 
22 
222 
42 
116 
32 
26 
20 
121 
1,273 
418, 554 
389, 995 
230, 686 
179, 193 
172,346 
124, 543 
123,011 
97, 921 
97, 185 
96, 474 
95, 801 
89, 860 
85,672 
82, 561 
461,332 
330,474 
336, 538 
269, 095 
257, 657 
210, 023 
173,415 
81,315 
71,356 
90,216 
94,086 
131,734 
51,078 
50, 895 
159,119 
412,162 
SHINGLES. 
Shingle production statistics, formerly secured annually, were 
omitted for 1913 and 1914, but were secured for 1915. Table 34 
compares the 1915 cut with that for 1912. Both the cut of shingles 
and the number of mills reporting are shown, and the princi- 
pal shingle-producing States listed. While many more mills re- 
ported for 1912 than for 1915, it is thought that the 1915 figures 
reflect conditions pretty accurately. Especially is the figure for 
Washington, which supplies 75 per cent, very close to the actual 
total cut. The data for Washington were secured by the Portland 
(Oreg.) district office of products, which is in close touch with 
the . Washington shingle mills. Many small shingle mills in the 
eastern half of the country were not reached. However, figures 
were secured from practically all of the larger mills, and so the 
statistics are presumably correct in indicating a big drop in shingle 
