Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-25
PLENTY OF LUMBER,
Output for Past Year Worth More
Than Half Billion of Dollars.

Washington, Nov. 24.-Washington.
Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and
Wisconsin. in the order named, consti-
tute the Big Five in producing the
country's lumber supply whose valua-
ton for last year runs far above the
half billion dollar mark. Texas, Mich
igan, Oregon, Minnesota, and Pennsyl-
vania came after the first five states
and others followed in decreasing
amounts down to Utah, the lowest on
the list, with Nevada and North Dako-
ia, having little timbered area, not
rated at all.
While The total valuation of the pro-
duction of lumber iath and single
production reached $541, 545, $40 this
amount represents decrease CT twen-
tv-three per cent. under the previous
years output. The number of mills
reporting was 31,231 and these manu-
featured 30, 1924, 369 900 board feet of lum-
Der, valued at $51O,575,322 and 1856, 64s,-
900 lath valued at S6,791,32S. while the
single markets turned out l., 106, 4S3, 900
shingles valued at $24,17S, 400. The aver
age value of lumber at the point of
manufacture was 1851 thousand
feet, 1927 a thousand for lath and $500
a thousand for shingles.
Yellow pine of the South which has
been far in the lead in the lumber pro-
duction for more than decade, more
than maintained its supremacy last
year, contributing slightly more tnan
thirty-three per cent. of the total cut
from all kinds. Douglass fir of the
Northwest ranked second and white
pine third. Practically all kinds showed
q marked decreased cut; anu for the
first three kinds of timber there was
a falling off of fifteen, twenty-five and
twenty per cent. respectively. Oak and
hemlock maintained their relative
ranks but showed decreases of twenty
five per cent. each in amount produced
and spruce dropped eighteen per cent
Louisiana was the heaviest producer
of yellow pine lumber, supplying near
ly one-fifth of the total production
Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Ala
bama followed in the order named. The
state Of Washington, alone. supplied
more than three ffths of the Douglass
fir cut, while the bulk of the remainder
came from Oregon. Minnesota pro-
duced about third of the white pine,
followed by Wisconsin with about fir
teen per cent. and New Hampshire
with ten per cent. An interesting fea-
ture of the report is that two New
England states, Maine and Massachu-
sets, produced moro white pine than
Michigan. which for many years led
the country in producing this valuable
timber.
Oak lumber manufacture now cen
ters in Kentucky, West Virginia ana
Tennessee Wisconsin comes first In
the production of hemlOck, taking the
position held by Pennsylvania for SO
many years. The lumber report, bulle-
tin contains fifty-SeVCn ,---, and
gives detailed figures upon the quality
and value of fortyfvc kinds of luin-
Der manufactured in the United States
last year The work on it was con-
Quoted under the supervision of COM
niece Of four, consisting of w. NJ
Steu2rt chief statistician for manufac-
lures ard J. E. Whelchel, expert chief
of division. representing the Bureau OF
the Census, and +. s. -,ellogg, assist
ant forester and a. H. Pierson, forest
assistant, representing the United
States Forest Service.