PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1916. 17 
Because of the better facilities for securing data on Douglas fir 
production, which insured reports from all but a few mills, the com- 
puted production figure is only slightly larger than the cut actually 
reported. 
The average value for 1916 is $10.78 per 1,000 feet, an advance of 
but 19 cents from 1915. The increase in value did not keep pace with 
the greater output; nor does the sum mentioned approach the 
advance in the f. o. b. mill value of some competitive woods. 
Table 8. — Reported production of Douglas fir lumber, 1916. 
(Computed total production in United States, 5,416,000,000 feet 1) m.) 
United States 
Washington 
Oregon 
California and Nevada 
Idaho 
Montana 
All other States (see summary, p. 38) 
Number of 
active 
mills re- 
porting. 
349 
430 
100 
140 
Quantity re- 
ported. 
Feet b. m. 
5,413,431,000 
3,546,532,000 
1,572,469,000 
141,200,000 
80, 632, 000 
56,845,000 
15, 753, 000 
Percent. 
100.0 
65.5+ 
29.0 
2.6 
1.5- 
1.1 
.3 
Average 
value per 
Mfeet, 
f. o. b. mill. 
$10. 78 
10.85 
10.28 
12.84 
11.28 
13.88 
OAK. 
Oak ranks third in importance in the production of this country's 
woods, and has a wide distribution. Commercially the oaks are 
classified as red and white, though there are more than 50 species in 
the United States. Statistically it is impracticable to do more than 
show the production of all the oaks together. 
The cut of oak is declining, but some of the older producing regions 
continue to saw annually a surprisingly large quantity. The pro- 
duction figures for 1916 show 2,164,633,000 feet actually reported by 
9,400 mills, as compared with 2,070,444,000 feet by 9,517 mills the 
preceding year. The per cent of increase is 4.5 
The production rank of the several States shifted to a considerable 
extent between 1915 and the succeeding year. West Virginia and 
Arkansas remained in first and second places, respectively, in 1916; 
Kentucky succeeded Tennessee in third place; Mississippi moved up 
from tenth to sixth position, displacing Ohio, whose rank became 
ninth; and North Carolina took Pennsylvania's position in seventh 
place. The trend in oak production is further indicated by the 
increase in cut during 1916 in Virginia, North Carolina, Mississippi, 
Alabama, and Texas. 
The computed cut for 1916 is placed at 3,300,000,000 feet. 
There was a substantial increase in the average value, $1.33 per 
1,000 feet— from $18.73 in 1915 to $20.06 in 1916. 
