PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1916. 
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Table 28. — Reported production of cotton-wood lumber, 1916. 
[Computed total production in United States, 200,000,000 feet 1). m.] 
Number of 
active 
mills re- 
porting. 
Quantity re- 
ported. 
Percent. 
Avera.ee 
value per 
M feet, 
f. o. b. mill. 
United States 
Mississippi 
Arkansas , 
Louisiana 
Minnesota 
Missouri 
Alabama 
Tennessee 
Michigan 
Iowa 
All other States (see summary, p. 38) 
Feet b. m. 
134,980,000 
42 
49 
33 
71 
54 
24 
28 
37 
42 
5!57 
35, 398, 000 
27,524,000 
18,405,000 
11,803,000 
5,331,000 
4,095,000 
3,699,000 
2,834,000 
2,566,000 
23,265,000 
100.0 
26.2 
20.4 
13.6 
8.8 
4.0 
3.0 
2.8 
2.1 
1.9 
17.2 
817.42 
19.65 
16.87 
18.79 
13.29 
20.11 
15.28 
18.74 
13.82 
20.37 
WHITE FIR. 
White fir (Abies concolor) statistics as given in this bulletin include 
several other species which are marketed as white fir, including grand 
fir (Abies grandis), silver fir (Abies amabilis), noble fir, sometimes 
erroneously called larch, red fir (Abies magnified), and alpine fir 
(Abies lasiocarpa) . 
The somewhat remarkable increase of 56 per cent occurred in the 
1916 over the 1915 reported production, the figures being 189,699,000 
feet and 121,653,000 feet, respectively. The greater output was 
general, since the California and Nevada cut as well as that of Oregon 
was one-third larger. Idaho's cut increased by nearly one-half, while 
Washington's output was almost three times as much as that reported 
in 1915. The explanation of the bigger cut is in the fact that with 
the general increase in lumber prices, white fir sold at a price above 
the cost of production. Higher values resulted in white fir being 
logged with other species instead of being left in the woods. 
The average mill value of $12.25 is next to the lowest value sched- 
uled for any species. 
Table 29. — Reported production of white fir lumber, 1916. 
[Computed total production in United States, 190,000,000 feet b. m.] 
Number of 
active 
mills re- 
porting. 
Quantity re- 
ported. 
Per cent. 
Average 
value per 
M feet, 
f.o.b.null. 
231 
Feet b. m. 
189, 699, 000 
100.0 
$12.25+ 
64 
45 
47 
34 
5 
36 
85,918,000 
60,344,000 
20,451,000 
18,042,000 
3, 408, 000 
1,530,000 
45.3 
31.8 
10.8 
9.5 
1.8 
.8 
13.06 
12.14 
10.10 
10.75 
13.77 
