PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, 
33 
BALSAM FIR. 
The production of balsam fir (Abies lalsamea), also known simply 
as balsam, was increased 36 per cent in 1916 in comparison with tho 
reported cut for the year before. The total cut reported was 
97,165,000 feet. 
The computed cut of 125,000,000 feet marks an almost unbroken 
advance in the production of this species, which was regarded as of 
little worth when other woods were more abundant. 
The average mill value of $16.49 per 1,000 feet is an increase of 
$2.70 over the year previous. 
Table 32.— Reported production of balsam fir lumber, 1916. 
[Compulod total production in United States, 125,000,000 feet b. m.] 
Number of 
active 
mills re- 
porting. 
Quantity re- 
ported. 
Percent. 
Average 
value per 
M feet, 
f. o. b. mill. 
578 
Feet b. m. 
97,165,000 
100.0 
$16. 49 
241 
70 
47 
103 
32 
40 
8 
53,781,000 
16, 320, 000 
10, 373, 000 
8, 042, 000 
4,854,000 
1, 726, 000 
1,293,000 
776, 000 
55.4 
16.7 
10.7 
8.3 
5.0 
1.8 
1.3 
.8 
17.05 
Minnesota 
14. 19 
Michigan 
16.60 
Vermont 
17.49 
New Hampshire 
16.73 
Wisconsin 
16.37 
14.50 
WALNUT. 
Walnut (Juglans nigra) production was stimulated in 1916 nearly 
as much as it was the year before to meet the continued exceptionally 
heavy demand for gunstock material, but the cut reported fell short 
by 6 per cent of the 1915 figures. The reported output was 61,167,000 
feet and the computed cut 90,000,000 feet. With the exception of 
Kentucky and Iowa, the States listed in the tabulation reported a 
decreased cut in comparison with the output of the year before, 
which would confirm the belief generally shared by lumbermen that 
heavy inroads have been made upon the available supply of the 
common black walnut. 
Table 33. — Reported production of walnut lumber, 1916. 
[Computed total production in United States, 90,000,000 feet b. m.] 
Number of 
active 
mills re- 
porting. 
Quantity re- 
ported. 
Percent. 
Average 
value per 
Mfeet, 
f. o. b.mill. 
1,204 
Feet b. m. 
61,167,000 
100.0 
$42. 38 
73 
203 
144 
153 
32 
160 
20 
96 
54 
269 
12,140,000 
10,691,000 
8,658,000 
8,138,000 
6,497,000 
6,026,000 
3,169,000 
2.253,000 
1,334,000 
2,261,000 
l'J. 8 
17.4 
14.2 
13.3 
10.6 
9.9 
5.2 
3.7 
2.2 
3.7 
46. 33 
43.95 
36.87 
37.18 
57. 26 
Ohio . 
40. 68 
44.46 
34.68 
23.66 
All other States (see summar y, p. 38) 

