PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 101C. 
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The tabulation shows an increase of two mills in the number 
reporting and a total cut of 490,828,000 feet, or 17 per cent more than 
the quantity reported cut in 1915. The figure given is believed to 
include practically all redwood lumber manufactured. 
The average mill value of $13.93 per 1,000 feet was an advance 
of 39 cents per 1,000 feet over the 1915 value. 
Table 19. — Reported production of redwood lumber , 1916. 
[Computed total production in United States, 490,850,000 feet b. m.] 
Number of 
active 
mills re- 
porting. 
Quantity re- 
ported. 
Percent. 
Average 
value per 
M feet, 
i. o. b.mill. 
34 
Feet b. m. 
490, 828, 000 
100.0 
813 93 
California 
34 
490, 828, 000 
100.0 
13 93 
LARCH. 
Western larch (Larix occidentalis) and tamarack (Larix laricina) 
are the two species of larch cut in the Western and Eastern States, 
respectively, the output reported in 1916 aggregating 376,731,000 
feet. This is an increase of 8.1 per cent over the cut of 1915, and is 
in line with the annual production of the last 10 years. 
Montana mills sawed nearly 50,000,000 feet more in 1916 than the 
year before, bringing up that State's proportion of the total output 
of the country from 33 to 43 per cent. The cut in both Minnesota 
and Oregon was less by nearly one-half than in 1915. 
The average value f. o. b. mill for 1916 was $12.49, an advance of 
11.71 over the value for the previous year. 
Table 20. — Reported production of larch lumber, 1916. 
[Computed total production in United States, 455,000,000 feet b. m.] 
United States 
Montana 
Idaho 
Wisconsin 
Washington 
Michigan 
Minnesota 
Oregon 
All other States (see summary, p. 38) 
Number of 
active mills 
reporting 
33 
50 
138 
46 
113 
104 
13 
62 
Quantity re- 
ported. 
Feet b. m. 
376,731,000 
163, 829, 000 
107,827,000 
32, 607, 000 
30,534,000 
16, 568, 000 
15,557,000 
8,478,000 
1,331,000 
Percent. 
100.0 
43.4 
28.6 
8.7 
8.1 
4.4 
4.1 
2.3 
.4 
Average 
value per 
M feet, 
f. o. b. mill. 
S12.49 
12.87 
10.69 
15.81 
9.78 
15.99 
15.53 
12.00 
BIRCH. 
Yellow birch (Betula luted) and sweet or cherry birch (Betula lento) 
are the two species which constitute the bulk of the birch production 
of the country. The reported cut in 1916 reached a total of 365,- 
943,000 feet, which exceeds the 1915 cut by 3 per cent. 
