50 BULLETIN 898, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
producer will have some idea of the probable future demand and the 
consumer will know what the available supply is likely to be. Both 
will profit by the definite information made available at stated times. 
Six reports have so far been issued. The first showed production up 
to August 1, 1918, and the stocks in the hands of producers on that 
date, with the estimated total production for the 1918 season. The 
second showed total production for the season 1918-19, and the 
stocks in the hands of the producers on March 1, 1919. The third 
showed the stocks on the principal storage yards of the country, and 
the stocks in the hands of the chief consuming industries, March 31, 
1919. The fourth showed the production in 1919 up to August 1, 
and also the stocks in the hands of producers and the chief consuming 
industries on August 1, 1919. In addition, this mid-season report 
included estimates of production for the entire season of 1919-20, 
based on the producers’ estimates of production for the remainder 
of the season. The fifth showed the stocks on the storage yards of 
the country and in the hands of the principal dealers and jobbers on 
February 2, 1920. The sixth showed the total production of tur- 
pentine and rosin for the season of 1919-20, and the stocks in the 
hands of producers and consumers on February 2, 1920. The 
collection and publication of these semiannual reports on production 
and stocks of naval stores will be continued. 
Table 10 shows the production of naval stores in the United States 
from 1910 to 1920, inclusive. 
TABLE 10.—Production of naval stores in the United States, 1910 to 1920. 
(For naval stores years, April 1 to following March 31.) 
Turpen- 
aie Rosin. 
Season. 
Barrels of ap- 
proximately 
50-gallon | 500 pounds 
casks. each. 
1910-11. 595, 000 1, 970, 000 
1911-12. 638, 000 2, 125, 000 
1912-13. 680, 000 2, 267, 000 
1913-14. 640, 000 2, 132, 000 
1914-15. 512, 000 1, 706, 000 
1914-15.| 2540,000 | 21,620, 000 
1914-15.| 2 4 553, 000 |2 51,649, 000 
1915-16. 470, 000 1, 565, 000 
1916-17. 535,000 | 1,782, 000 
1917-18. 473, 000 1,577, 000 
1918-19.| 2340,000 | 31,114,000 
1918-19.| 34372,000 | 351,237,000 
1919-20.| 3362,000 | 31,217,000 
1919-20.| 34392,000 | 35 1,375, 000 
1 Estimates givenin the Savannah Naval Stores Review for gum spirits and gum rosin, except as noted. 
2U.S. Census figures. 
3 U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics. 
4 Includes wood turpentine. 
> Includes wood rosin. 
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