34 BULLETIN 673, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The average mill value dropped from $48.47 per 1,000 feet in 1915 
to $42.38 in 1916. 
SYCAMORE. 
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is produced chiefly in the Missis- 
sippi Valley region. In 1916 the total cut was 28,035,000 feet, an 
increase of 4.2 per cent over 1915. The computed production is 
given as 40,000,000 feet, since much is sawed by the very small mills 
and finds utilization on the farms. 
The average mill value was $14.65 per 1,000 feet; in 1915 it was 
$13.86. 
Table 34. — Reported production of sycamore lumber, 1916. 
[Computed total production in United States, 40,000,000 feet b. m.] 
Number of 
active' 
mills re- 
porting. 
Quantity re- 
ported. 
Per cent. 
Average 
value per 
M feet, 
f . o. b. mill. 
United States 
931 
Feet b. m. 
28,035,000 
100.0 
S14.65 
Arkansas 
55 
204 
74 
32 
107 
111 
95 
48 
205 
7,231,000 
3, 958, 000 
3, 680, 000 
2,360,000 
1, 933, 000 
1,827,000 
1, 789, 000 
1,297', 000 
3,960,000 
25.8 
14.15 
13.2 
8.4 
6.9 
6.5- 
6.4 
4.6 
14.1 
12.73 
Indiana 
18.15 
Tp.r.rtftsspp. 
12.51 
17.15 
Kentucky 
14.48 
Ohio 
18.53 
14.10 
Dlinois 
14.22 
LODGEPOLE PINE. 
Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) is one of the woods for which 
additional use is being found each year and the production of which 
shows an annual increase. Even a greater quantity is cut into mine 
props, ties, poles, and other rough products than is manufactured 
into lumber. The reported cut increased 24.5 per cent in 1916 over 
1915, reaching a total of 28,226,000 feet. 
The average mill value advanced from $13.57 per 1,000 feet in 1915 
to $15.13 in 1916. 
Table 35. — Reported production of lodgepole pine lumber, 1916. 
[Computed total production in United States, 30,800,000 feet b. in.] 
Number of 
active 
mills re- 
porting. 
Quantity re- 
ported. 
Percent. 
Average 
value per 
M feet, 
f. o. b. mill. 
United States 
102 
Feet b. m. 
28,226,000 
100.0 
S15. 13 
Colorado 
18 
28 
25 
17 
14 
14,466,000 
9,114,000 
2,097,000 
1,631,000 
918,000 
51.2 
32.3 
7.4 
5.8 
3.3 
15.06 
Wyoming 
15.05 
Idaho 
16.13 
Montana 
14.07 
Utah 
16.77 
