Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-09

lSet anu Miss, SSippi lulfu Will cut
OF 1909, 554 900. Arkansas is the
fourth with a cut of 1,271 ,61S,999
feet valued at S1S,754,S44 The
production of yellow pine in these
four states aggregate nearly tAree-
fifths Of the whole output.
Arkansas Leads in Three Varieties.
Arkansas lead all other states III
1905 in the production Of red gum,
cottonwood and hickory. Arkansas
| produced 92,610,O00 feet Of cotton
wood, which was more than one
third Of the etnire product OF the
country. The total value of the out
put in this state was $1,Sl4,153.
The cut OF cottonwood is decreasing
rapidly throughout the, Country, but
the 263,996,00U feet produced in
1906 had greater mill value than
the 15,123,oOo feet cut in 1899.
Arkansas produced 23,364,OOQ
feet OF hickory lumber in 1906, sup
plying 1873 per cent of the total out
put of the country. The total value
OF the states output was $9O2.2Ul.
These figures may be too low, it is
maid, as valuable woods like hick-
DRY are often shipped to centers O;
consumption for saving, and it is
not unusual for hickory logs from
the South to be cut in Ohio and In
diana factories. In such cases the
output would be credited TO the
states in VIII oh the lumber was man
ufacured.
1t is declared that there is d short
age OF available hickory, and that
some of the best informed consum-
ers have estimated that at the pres
ent rate OF consumption the supply
will be exhausted in fifteen years
Produces Much Red Gum.
The production CT red gum ium-
. Der was reported from u states.
but more than two-tbirds of the
whole quantity was furnished by
Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri.
The total output was 453,67S,O 900
fest, of which Arkansas furnished
lao, 619, 900 feet, or 81 per cent OF
the total output. The output of
Arkansas was worth $1,774,394
Arkansas ranked seventh in 1906
in the production of oak, with an
output of 1S,S96,OOO feet, valued at
$4,3SS, 44S., Kentucky leads in the
production of oak and IS closely toll
lowed by West Virginia. The next
states in Importance, all fairly near
together, are Tennessee, Ohio. Penn
sy'vania, Indiana and Arkansas.
Arkansas is the fourth state iii
the production of cypress, furnishing
3S,S7O,O00 feet, valued at $751;
e33. Louisiana alone furni~han
6S3 per cent of the total output OF
cypress.
Arkansas ranks below Michigan.
and Ohio in the production of ash,
but there is little difference amang
the three states. Arkansas produc-
ed 2O,571,0OO feet in 1906. valued
at $583,S71, while Michigan led with
only 24,5O0,0OO0 feet.
Arkansas was sixth in the produc-
ton of walnut, furnishing 100000
feet, or 1912 per cent of the entire
output of the country. The output
was worth $245,11O.
Arkansas was sixth in the produc-
ton of tupelo, having a cut of 81
900 900 feet, valued at $43,613.
The Cut of Various Species.
Reports wero received by the Gs.
partmet from S35 mills in Arkansas.
These reports showed the total cut
of various species of lumber in the
State as follows: Aggregate cut.
1,S39,36S,OOO; total soft woods, l.
31O,398, 900; yellow pine, 1,271,-
$4,000; cypress Ss,7So,Ooo; total
hardwoods, 52S,e70,ooo; oak, 49,
500, 900; maple, 2.067.ooo; poplar
5,224,00O; red gum, 140,S10,000;
bass wood, $4,000; cottonwood,
s2.61o.ooO; beech, 100000; etm'
11,532,000; ash, 26,571,0O0; hick-
DRY, 23.364,oo0; walnut, 4.so5,0oo; |
tupelo, 3,306,O00; all other hard |
woods. 7.616.OOO. |
The average mill value per thou
sand feet of various species OF lum-
Der in Arkansas in 1906 is shown as |
1@Eqws: Yellow Ttne, '14.75; |
cypress, SITS; oak. $20.O5; red I
gum, s1260; cottonwood, $19.59;
elm, s14.57; ash, s2s.2S; hi"bo~v.i
$3.50; walnut, s49.97; tupelo,
$3.50.
In the production of shingles in
1906, Arkansas raked seventh in |