UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
I BULLETIN No. 673 
Contribution from the Forest Service 
HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester 
Washington, D. C. 
PROFESSIONAL PAPER 
April 19, 1918 
PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES 
IN 1916. 
By Franklin H. Smith and Albert H. Pierson, Statisticians in Forest Products. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
Introduction 1 
Total lumber production 2 
Lumber production by classes of mills 3 
Cut and capacity of reporting mills 8 
Lumber production by States 8 
Lumber production by kinds of wood 13 
Lumber production by species 14 
Yellow pine 15 
Douglas fir 16 
Oak 17 
White pine 18 
Hemlock 19 
Western yellow pine 20 
S pruce 20 
Cypress 21 
Maple 22 
Red gum 23 
Yellow poplar 23 
Chestnut 24 
Redwood 24 
Larch 25 
Page. 
Lumber production by species — Continued. 
Birch 25 
Cedar 26 
Beech 27 
Tupelo 28 
Basswood 28 
Elm 29 
Ash 30 
Cottonwood 30 
White fir 31 
Sugar pine 32 
Hickory 32 
Balsam fir 33 
Walnut 33 
Sycamore 34 
Lodgepole pine 34 
Minor species 35 
Lath 35 
Shingles 36 
Lumber values 37 
Detailed summary 38 
INTRODUCTION. 
In this bulletin, which is one of an annual series covering the 
period 1904 to 1916, inclusive, with the exception of 1914, are 
detailed statistics on the 1916 production of lumber, lath, and 
shingles. A detailed summary of the 1914 lumber production is 
given in Bulletin 506, which contains the figures for 1915. Prelimi- 
nary statements issued in April, 1917, summarized the production 
statistics for 1916. This bulletin details the 1916 data and presents 
comparative figures from the annual reports for earlier periods. 
Note. — Acknowledgment is made for assistance in the compilation and review of this bulletin to R. S. 
Kellogg, secretary of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association; A. B. Strough, New York Con- 
servation Commission; and to H. N. Knowlton, Miss Frances R. Waters, Quincy Randies, Miss Maud A. 
Bell, Asa L. Brower, C. A. Kupfer, H. B. Oakleaf, and C. W. Gould, of the Forest Service. 
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