PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1916. 29 
An increase of $2.16 per 1,000 feet in average mill value, which 
reached $21.05, was recorded for 1916. 
Table 25. — Reported production ofbasswood lumber, 1916. 
[Computed total production in United States, 275,000,000 feet b. m.] 
Number of 
active 
mills re- 
porting. 
Quantity re- 
ported. 
Percent. 
Average 
value per 
M feet, 
f. o. b. mill. 
United States 
2,668 
Feet b. to. 
209, 275, 000 
100. 
?21 05-f- 
Wisconsin 
269 
217 
187 
708 
57 
87 
66 
163 
59 
174 
681 
72,618,000 
36, 756, 000 
28, 955, 000 
14,630,000 
7,030,000 
7, 028, 000 
5,985,000 
5,868,000 
5, 107, 000 
5, 049, 000 
20, 249, 000 
34.7 
17.6 
13.8 
7.0 
3.4 
3.3 
2.9 
2.8 
2.4 
2.4 
9.7 
21 15 
Michigan 
22 07 
West Virginia 
20 82 
New York 
22 98 
Virginia 
North Carolina 
19 S3 
Minnesota 
17. 15 
Vermont 
19.27 
19.76 
Ohio 
22 07 
All other States (see summar3 r , p. 38 i 
ELM. 
Elm is commercially classified as soft elm and rock elm. White 
or American elm ( TJlmus americana) and slippery or red elm ( Ulmus 
fubescens) are generally sold as soft elm. Cork elm ( Ulmus race- 
mosa) is the real rock elm and distinguished as such by the lumber 
trade. 
The production reported in 1916 totaled 195,266,000 feet, which 
s an increase of 9.8 per cent over the preceding year's cut. Pro- 
duction for the last few years has remained almost stationary. 
Wisconsin and Michigan enlarged their output slightly in 1916, 
and their combined cut amounted to nearly one-half of the produc- 
tion for the entire country. 
The computed cut was 240,000,000 feet. 
The average mill value was $19.46 per 1,000 feet. 
Table 26. — Reported production of elm lumber, 1916. 
[Computed total production in United States, 240,000,000 feet b. m.] 
Number of 
active 
mills re- 
porting. 
Quantity re- 
ported. 
Percent. 
Average 
value per 
M feet, 
f. o. b. mill. 
United States 
2,681 
Feet b. m. 
195,266,000 
100.0 
$19. 46 
Wisconsin 
265 
226 
301 
93 
278 
121 
487 
129 
66 
715 
51, 946, 000 
42,479,000 
19,039,000 
17,948,000 
10,681,000 
9,836,000 
8,353,000 
8, 230, 000 
7,161,000 
19,593,000 
26.6 
21.8 
9.7 
9.2 
5.5- 
5.0 
4.3 
4.2 
3.7 
10.0 
19.27 
Michigan 
22.15 
Indiana 
21.50 
Arkansas 
17. 74 
Ohio 
19.67 
Missouri 
15.92 
New York ., 
19.10 
Tennessee. ... 
18.29 
Mississippi . . . 
18.34 
