The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-11-27
MISSISSIPPI THIRD IN PRODUC-
TION OF LUMBER.
FURNISHED The Sea Coast Echo by the Depart
ment OF Agriculture, at Washington.)

FURNISHED The Sea Coast Echo by the Depart
ment OF Agriculture, at Washington)
Washington, Nov. 25.-Washington,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and
Wisconsin, in the order named, consti-
tute the Big Five in producing the
country's lumber supply, the valuation
of which 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 Da-
kota, having little timbered area, not
rated at all.
While the total valuation of the lum-
ber, lath, and shiagle production
reached S541 ,545, $40, this amount repre-
sents a decrease of twenty three per
cent under the previous years output.
The number of mills reporting was
81 ,23t, and these manufactured 81, ,224,-
1863, 900 board feet of lumber, valued at
S5tO,575, 1922 and 1886, ,684, 900 lath, val
ued at S6,791, 1928, while the shingle
makers turned out t2,1O6, 483, 900 shin
giles, valued at S24,178, AGO. The aver
age value of lumber at the point of
manufacture was S15.37 thousand feet,
S2.27 a thousand for lath and $500
thousand for shingles.
Yellow pine of the South, which has
been far in the lead in the lumber pro-
duction for more than a decade, more
than maintained its supremacy last year,
contributing slightly more than thirty
three per cent of the total cut from all
kinds. Douglas fir of the Northwest
ranked second and white pine third.
Practically all kinds showed a marked
decreased cut, and for the first three
kinds Of timber there was falling off
of fifteen, twenty-five and tweaty 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 nearly
one-fifth of the total production. Texas,
Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama
followed in the order named. The State
of Washington alone supplied more than
three-fifths of the Douglas fir cut, while
the bulk of the remainder came from
Oregon. Minnesota produced about a
third of the white pine, followed by
Wisconsin with about fifteen per cent
and New Hampshire with ten per cent.
An interesting feature of the report is
that two New England states, Maine
and Massachusetts, produced moie white
pine than Michigan, which for many
years led the country in producing this
valuable timber.
Oak lumber manufacture now centers
in Kentucky, West Virginia and Ten
nessee. Wisconsin comes first in the
productOn OF hemlock, taking the posi-
tion held by Pennsylvania for so many
years. Altogether, the lumber report
bulletin, which is free, by the way, con-
tains fifuy-seven pages, and gives de-
tailed figures upon the quality and value
of forty-five kinds of lumber manufac :
tured in the United States last year.
The work on it was conducted under the
supervision of committee of four, con-
sisting of w. M. Stouart, chief statis-
tician for manufactures, and J. E.
Whelchel, expert chief of division, CD =
resenting the Bureau of Census, and r.
S.Kellogg, assistant forester, and A. H.
Pierson, forest assistant, representing
the United States Forest Service.