The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-23
1905 LUMBER CUT.
According to Preliminary Report Of The
Census Bureau.

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Census Bureau.
During the year 1908, 81 ,e31 saw mills
in the United States manufactured a.
2s9 $4,000 feet Of lumber, according TO
n preliminary report Just issued by the
bureau Of the census These mills also
cut 12, LOG, $4,000 shingles and 1850,
6s4,0 lath. Lumber manufacturing
like every other industry, felt the ef-
fects Of the business depression which
began in October, 1907 Consequently
che production in 1908 was below that
for the previous year. In 1907 the cut
Of 2S,s50 saw mills WAS 40,256, $4,000
feet, the highest production ever record.
cd. Notwithstanding, therefore, that in
1908 reports were received from eight
per cent. more mills than in 1907, the
decrease in humber cut reported by them
was slightly over seventeen per cent.
Washington. as for several years vast,
still ranks first among the states in lum-
her production. its cut in 1905 being 2,
l9i5,92S,000 feet--a decrease OF 22.8 per
cent. over the cut in 1907. Nearly all
the lumber manufactured in Washington
Is Douglas fir, the market for which
was seriously affected by the panic.
Louisiana ranks second, with area
42f 900 feet, a decrease Of 25O,000000
feet or s.4 per cent over the cut In
1907. Louisiana Is first in the produc
ton of both yellow pine and cypress.
Cypress is particularly useful and val.
liable wood, and apparently the manu-
facturers 81 IT did not suffer as sew
erely from duh times as did the manu-
iteturers of yellow pine and Douglas
fir. Mississippi was the third state in
lumber production in 1908, with total
Of i,36l,0tG,000 feet-~a decrease Of
eleven per cent from the cut in 1907.
Arkansas ranked fourth, with 1856,
991 900 feet--a decrease OF nearly sew
enteen per cent, over the previous years
output, and Wisconsin fifth, with H.
13,315,0O0 feet against 2,0O3 .279,000
feet in 1907 In Texas, where the lum-
Der industry is confined almost exclu-
siYely 10 yellow pine, the falling of was
very heavy. The total eut Of the state
IN 1905 was 1,528,OOs, 900 fcet--a de-
crease Of 316 per cent. over the cut
in 1907. Eight other states manufae
tnred more than one billion feet each Of
lumber last year. In the order OF i'm.
portance they were Michigan, Oregon,
Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ala
hama, North Carolina. and West Vir-
ginia. California and Maine, other
states which reported more than one
billion feet each in 1907. went Just be-
low that figure in 1908. The totals for
q few states were greater in zoos than
in 1907, but this was chiefly due 20 the
larger number Of reports secured IN
those states IN 1908. In Georgia, for
instance, particularly close canvass in
creased the number Of mills reporting
nearly one. third. while the resulting in
crease In reports Of total production was
only six per cent. In Massachusetts,,
610 mills reported a cut Of 3S4526,00O
feet in 1908 as compared with a cut
OF 364 ,23i 900 feet BY SIS mills in 1907.
In Colorado, 254 mills cut ls2, 036. 900
feet in 1908. while In 1907, $50 mills
cut 134,239 600 feet. A particularly
large gain IN mills reporting was made
in oklahoma. In 1907, i2a mills in
that state cut 140,015000 feet, while in
1905, 2i4 mills cut $3.50 900 feet
while there are many very large saw
mills in the United States, the small
mills far outnumber the large ones, and
IL is particularly interesting 10 note
how many Of these small mills there
are IN the states which are not now Of
first rank in lumber production. The
statistics for New York were collected |
by the Forest. Fish and Game Commits. I
sioHer Of that state, which secured re-
ports from 2,291 mills. In Pennsylva /
mia 2,224 mills reported to the censur, /
and in Virginia, 1887 mills. In North |
Carolina reports came from i,740 mills, |
and in Kentucky from $50 mills The |
number Of mills reporting from Tennes-
see WAS only forty less than from Ken !
lucky In West Virginia, Georgia. Miss |
ouri. Ohio, and Indiana between 1000 !
and 100 mills each were engaged in 4
cutting lumber last year. The average /
output per min was 100000 feet in New I
York. and 100000 feet in Louisiana, /
these two states presenting nearly the (
extremes OF production by small and /
large mills.
Yellow pine, Douglas FIR, white pine,
oak, hemlock, and spruce. ID the order I
named were the woods cut into lumber /
in the largest quantity. Yellow pine has I
ranked first since il surpassed white pine (
in the later nineties, and II il still fur
in the lead. More recently, white pine /
has also been superseded by Douglas I
fir, 50 that now il occupies third place
Washington has been the principal I
shingle producing state since the use
OF red cedar shingles became general /
and is supplied three-ffths Of the total /
output Of shingles last year. Among
the other single producing states, Mich
gan, Louisiana, Maine, and California /
were the most important The shingles
cut in Michigan and Maine are chiefly /
OF white cedar. those in Louisiana Of I
cypress, and those in California, OF red /
wood. Lath are generally a by-product I
OF lumber manufacture, and are made 4
to some extent from almost every wood /
that is cut into lumber. Among the /
kinds OF lath which are most prominent
are white pine, Douglas fir, spruce, vel /
low pine, cypress, and hemlock.