Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-26
OUTPUT OF
z MONTHS HALF
BILLION
Washington Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Arkansas and WiScon-
sin Lead Production for Past
Year in United States,
Especial Correspondence TO Morning your..il

Especial Correspondence 20 Morning Joursail
Washington, Nov. 24.-WashingtOn
Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and
Wisconsin, i'm the order named, CON
stitute the Big Five in producing the
country's lumber supply, whose valu-
alton for last year runs far above
the half billion mark. Texas, Michi-
gan. oregon, Minnesota and Pennsvl-
vania came after the first five states
ana others followed in decreasing
amounts down to Utah. the lowest on
the list, with Nevada and North Da-
kota. having little timhered area, not
rated al all.
While the total valuation OF the
lumber, hath and shingle production
reached S541,545.64o this amount
represents "A decrease Of 90 per cent
under the previous years output. The
number of mills reporting was 81 ,23l.
and those manufactured 33,224,369,-
600 board feet of lumber, valued at
s510.575,S22. and Ease, GS4,000 Hath,
valued at S6,791,32S while the shin
gle makers turned out 1906, 40s. 900
shingles valued at S24.l7S, 400. The
average value OF lumber at the point
Of manufacture was. S15.37 a thou
sand feet, $227 a thousand for lath
and 81 Il thousand for shingles.
yellow pine of the south which has
been far in the lead i'm the lumber
production for more than n decade,
more than maintained its supremacy
last year, contributing slightly more
than SO per cent of the total cut from
all kinds. Douglas fir of the north
west ranked second and white pine
third. Practically all kinds showed
a marked decrease cut, and 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 20 per
cent each In amount produced, and
spruce dropped is 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 sup
piled more than three-fifths Of the
Douglas fir cut, while the bulk of the
remainder came from Oregon. Min
nesota produced about n third OF the
white pine, followed by W%inconsln
with about 10 per cent and New
Hampshire with 10 per cent. An
interesting 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 produce
ing this valuable timber.
oak lumber manufacture nov CEN
tiers in Kentucky, West Virginia and
Tennessee. Wisconsin m first in
the production of hemlock, taking the
position held by Pennsylvania for so
many years. Altogether the lumber
report bulletin, which is free, by the
way. contains fifty-scven pages and
gives detailed figures upon the quality
and value of forty-fiVe kinds of lum-
Der manufactured in the United states
last year. The work on IL was con
Quoted under the supervision of a
committee of four, consisting OF w. NJ.
Steuart, chief statistician for manu-
features and + Il. Whelchel, expert
of division, representing the
bureau of the census, and X. s. kel-
logg, assistant forester, and A. II.
Pierson. forest assistant, representing
the United States forest service.