PKODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1916. 
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The computed total cut for 1916 is given as 410,000,000 feet, which 
is 10,000,000 feet less than for the preceding year. 
Consistent with the decreased cut was the depressed average mill 
value of $15.24 per 1,000 feet, a drop from $16.10 per 1,000 feet in 
1915. 
Table 22. — Reported production of cedar lumber, 1916. 
[Computed total production in United States, 410,000,000 feet b. m.] 
Number of 
active 
mills re- 
porting. 
Quantity re- 
ported. 
Percent. 
Average 
value per 
M feet . 
f. o. b. mill. 
United States 
649 
Feet b. m. 
322,003,000 
100.0 
$15. 24 
89 
43 
9 
23 
47 
71 
36 
82 
31 
41 
177 
155,532,000 
46, 138, 000 
35,981,000 
21,230,000 
16,587.000 
9, 582, 000 
6,883,000 
6,675,000 
6,369,000 
5,034,000 
11,992,000 
48.3 
14.3 
11.2 
6.6 
5.1 
3.0 
2.1+ 
2.1- 
2.0 
1.6 
3.7 
13.46 
15.35 
Idaho 
10.32 
30.61 
California 
13.05 
Maine 
16.88 
North Carolina 
18.48 
30.74 
14.04 
15.39 
BEECH. 
Beech (Fagus atropunicea) is another one of the hardwoods in which 
annual statistics show a tapering off in production during the last 
10 years. The cut in 1916 was 6.7 per cent less than that in 1915. 
The total reported output for 1916 was 283,363,000 feet. 
The lessened output was apparent in nearly every one of the 
States listed in the accompanying table, with the exception of 
Michigan, which cut approximately 330,000 feet more than in 1915, 
and Indiana, which moved from sixth into third place in production 
rank. 
The average mill value for 1916 was $16.20; in 1915 it was $14.01. 
Table 23. — Reported production of beech lumber, 1916. 
[Computed total production in United States, 360,000,000 feet b. m.] 
Number of 
active 
mills re- 
porting. 
Quantity re- 
ported. 
Percent. 
Average 
va'ue per 
M feet, 
f. o. b. mil 
United States 
3,162 
Feet b. m. 
283,363,000 
100.0 
$16.20 
Michigan 
194 
444 
366 
209 
552 
378 
254 
165 
170 
58 
372 
66,316,000 
38, 712, 000 
37, 082, 000 
35,634,000 
30,350,000 
22, 777, 000 
17,170,000 
9, 345, 000 
7,411,000 
5, 153, 000 
13,413,000 
23.4 
13.7 
13.1 
12.3 
10.7 
8.0 
6.1 
3.3 
2.6 
1.8 
4.7 
16.50 
16.75 
Indiana 
18.53 
West Virginia 
14.66 
New York 
17.13 
Ohio 
16.07 
13.10 
Vermont 
15.88 
Tennessee 
13.78 
New Hampshire 
14.04 
