BTJLLETIX 673, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
regions. For instance, of the mills reporting a cut of 10,000,000 
feet or more in the South, 121 were located in Louisiana, 70 in Mis- 
sissippi, 59 in Texas, 31 in Alabama, and 38 in Arkansas; in the 
West 126 were in Washington, 62 in Oregon, and 36 in California 
and Nevada; and the Lake States were represented by 23 in Minne- 
sota, 35 in Michigan, and 49 in Wisconsin. 
CLASS 5-10,000 M. FT AND OVER^ 
—925 MILLS -(3.08 PC.) 
.'^23,310,137 M. FT. -(58.56 P. C)^ > 
CLASS 4-5,000 TO 9,999. M. FT. 
484 MILLS -(l. 6 IRC.) 
-3,513,767 M. FT. -(8.82 RC.)' 
3 -1,000 TO 4,999 M.FT 
■3,041 MILLS -(l 0.1 1 RC.) 
5,858,675 M. FT .- (14.72 RC) 
CLASS 2-500 TO 999 M.FT 
-4594 MILLS- (15.27 RC.) 
•3,096,760 M. FT- (778 RC)' 
CLASS i-50T0 499 M.FT 
4,027,912 M.FT-(lOI2RC.) 
Fig. 1.— Relation between the mill classes and production in 1916. 
The character of the timber and the concentration of the supply 
in the several regions are reflected in the number and size of the mills 
operating in the different States. Further, it is noticeable that as 
the timber in the older lumbering regions is depleted the larger 
operations give way to the smaller outfits. New York, with more 
than 1,100 mills, has the greatest number of class 1 mills operating 
