The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1909-11-23
SYNOPSIS OF
LUMBER BULLETIN
Especial to Silver State.)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-Washing-
ton, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas
and Wisconsin, in the order named,
constitute the Big Five in producing
the country's iubmer supply whose
valuation for last year runs far above
the half billion dollar mark. Texas,
Michigan, Oregon, Minnesota and
Pennsylvania came after the first five
states and others followed in decreas-
ing amounts down to Utah, the lowest
on the list, with Nevada and North
Dakota, having little timbered area,
not rated at all.
While the total valuation Of the
lumber, lath and shingle production
reached $54l ,545, $40, this amount rep
resents a decrease Of twenty-three per
cent under the previous years output
The number Of mills reported was a.
231 and these manufactured 33,224,-
100000 board feet Of lumber, valued
at $5l0,575,s22 and 2,9S6, 1884, 900 lath
valued at $6,791, 1928, while the shingle
makers turned out 1906, ,4s3, 900 shin
giles valude at $24,17S, 400. The aver
age value Of lumber at the point Of
manufacture was 1851 q thousand
feet, 1927 thousand for lath and -
a thousand for shingles.
Yellow pine Of the south which has
been far in the lead in the lumber
production for more than q decade,
more than maintained its supremacy
last year, contributing slightly moro
than thirty-three per cent Of the total
cut from all kinds. Douglas FIR Of tho
northwest ranked second and white
pine third. Practically all kinds
showed marked decreased cut, and
for the first three kinds Of timber
there was falling off of fifteen,
twenty-five and twenty per cent, re.
spectively. Oak and hemlock main
tanned their relative ranks but showed
decreases of twenty-five per cent each
in amount produced, and spruce drap-
ped eighteen per cent.
Louisiana was the heaviest pr0due-
er of yellow pine lumber, supplying
nearly one-ffth of the total produc-
tion. Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas
and Alabama followed in the order
named. The state of Washington,
alone, supplied more than three-ffths
of the Douglas fir cut, while the bulk
of the remainder came from Oregon.
Minnesota produced about third of
the white pine, followed by Wisconsin
with about fifteen per cent and New
Hampshire with ten per cent. An in
|teresting feature Of the report is that
two New England states, Maine and
Massachusetts,, produced more 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 and
Tennessee. Wisconsin comes first in
the production of hemlock, taking tho
position held by Pennsylvania for 30
many years. Altogether the lumber
report bulletin, which is free, by the
way, contains ffty-seven pages, and
gives detailed figures upon the quality
and value of forty-five kinds Of lumber
manufactured in the United States
last year. The work on it was con-
Quoted under the supervision of COM
mittee of four, consisting of w. M.
Steuart, chief statistician for manu-
features and J. E. Whelchel, expert
chief of division, representing the
bureau Of census and R. 8. kellogg, ~.
sistant forester and A. H. Pierson, for
est assistant, representing the United
Statae foraef sarviea.