PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1916. 35 
MINOR SPECIES. 
The production figures of a number of woods, both native and 
foreign, which are not of sufficient importance to tabulate and discuss 
separately, are given in Table 36. The foreign woods, such as ma- 
hogany, Spanish cedar, and Japanese oak, reach the United States 
largely hi the form of round or squared logs. Not infrequently, some 
of the native species listed are mixed with and sold by sawmill opera- 
tors as more commonly recognized woods, though several of the 
minor species have special uses, for which a ready demand exists. 
Table 36. — Minor species, 1916. 
[Computed total production in United States, 40,351,000 feet 1). m.) 
Kind of wood. 
Quantity 
reported. 
Average 
value per 
M feet, 
f.o. b. mill. 
States reporting. 
Total 
Feet b. m. 
32,879,000 
$57.29 
Mahogany 
13,244,000 
7,872,000 
3,161,000 
1,900,000 
1,610,000 
1,359,000 
712,000 
553,000 
500,000 
495, 000 
421,000 
300,000 
140, 000 
123,000 
119,000 
81,000 
81,000 
69,000 
64,000 
35,000 
18,000 
13,000 
6,000 
3,000 
107. 47 
28.34 
15.44 
21.08 
13.76 
14.41 
19.29 
62.00 
30.00 
20.62 
15.30 
40.00 
14.96 
20. 66 
12.55 
U2.00 
12.09 
i 50. 00 
i 12.00 
19.34 
80.00 
21.46 
25. 00 
23. 33 
La., Cal. 
W. Va., Pa., N. Y., N. C, Tenn., Mich., Ind., 
Ohio, Va., Mass., Ky., Wis., Conn., N. H. 
W. Va., Tenn., N. C, Va., Ky., Ala., Ohio. 
W. Va., Pa., N. Y., Ohio. 
Cucumber 
Willow 
La., Miss., Pa., N. Y., Ky., Ark., Tenn. 
Tex., La., Miss., Ala., Ga., S. C 
Pa., Ark., W. Va., N. C, 111., La., Va., Ind., 
N. Y., Ky. 
Cal. 
Cal. 
W. Va., N. Y., Ind., Mass., Wis., N. C, Ohio, 
Vt., Va., Iowa, Pa., Tenn., Mich. 
Cal. 
Persimmon 
Miss., S. C, Ga., 111., Ark. 
Alder 
Wash., Oreg., Cal. 
Oreg. 
Ga. 
Myrtle 
Cal. 
N. C, 111. 
Holly 
Ala., La., Tenn. 
Jenisero 
Cal. 
Sassafras 
Tenn., S. C 
N. H. 
Ga. 
1 Arbitrary value assigned. 
LATH. 
Lath production in 1916 increased 15 per cent over that of 1915, 
1,770 mills reporting a cut of 3,163,029,000 pieces. The enlarged 
output may be ascribed mainly to the 22 per cent increase in the value 
of building operations of the country in 1916 over the year before, 
which indicates a larger consumption of building materials, and to 
the higher cost of substitutes for lath, which led to a return to the 
more commonly used product of the sawmill. There was sub- 
stantial enlargement of lath production in Maine, Michigan, Wiscon- 
sin, Oregon, and Idaho. The production in detail is given in Table 37. 
The making of lath as a by-product of the larger operation is 
indicative of the closer utilization of timber. 
