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BULLETIN 673, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
ASH. 
Ash production is largely of three species — white ash (Fraxinus 
americana), black ash (Fraxinus nigra), and green ash (Fraxinus 
lanceolata) — though trade customs characterize the species as white 
ash and brown ash, the latter being the black ash. The white ash 
is found largely in the central hardwood region, the New England 
States, and the Lake States. Black ash is cut in the Lake States- 
The Southern States provide the green ash. 
The older settled States are being displaced as the principal 
sources of supply for ash, Arkansas and Louisiana now ranking 
first and second, respectively, with Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan 
taking lesser rank. 
The reported cut in 1916 was 156,204,000 feet. This quantity is 
2.3 per cent less than the 1915 reported cut. 
The computed cut of 210,000,000 feet indicates but a small reduc- 
tion from the output of the country during the last five years. 
The average mill value of ash in 1916 was $23.85. 
Table 27. — Reported production of ash lumber, 1916. 
[Computed total production in United States, 210.000,000 feet b. m.] 
Number of 
active 
mills re- 
porting. 
Quantity re- 
ported. 
Percent. 
Average 
value per 
M feet, 
f . o. b. mill. 
United States 
Arkansas 
Louisiana 
Wisconsin 
Tennessee 
Mississippi 
Indiana 
West Virginia 
Ohio. 
New York 
Michigan 
All other States (.see summary, p. 38) 
!., 493 
107 
57 
210 
180 
86 
237 
128 
292 
647 
180 
1,369 
Feet b. m. 
156, 204, 000 100. 
123. 85- 
14.8 
22.43 
10.4 
23.50 
8.7 
21.46 
7.7 
25.90 
5.5- 
24.97 
5.2 
31.07 
4.9 
25.57 
4.8 
31.12 
4.7+ 
25.10 
4.7— 
22.53 
28.6 
COTTONWOOD. 
Cottonwood, produced largely in the lower Mississippi Valley 
States, is of several related species. The greater portion of the 
cut is the common cottonwood (Populus deltoides). 
Of the reported cut of 134,980,000 feet in 1916 nearly two-thirds 
was sawed by mills in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Statis- 
tics show the output of cottonwood has dwindled during the last 
10 years. Between 1915 and 1916 the decrease was 2.4 per cent. 
The average mill value of $17.42 is but a few cents higher than 
the value established for the year previous. 
