The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-12-01
Timber Output Worth Half Billion.

The following information concerning
the numbering interests of the United
States is given out by the Forest Service
of the Agricultural Department at WASH
ington, and may be relied upon as sccu-
rate:
Washington, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Arkansas, and Wisconsin, in the order
named, constitute the "Big Five" in pro-
ducing the country's lumber supply
whose valuation for last year runs far
Texas, Michigan, Oregon, Minnesota, and
Pennsylvania came after the first five
states and others followed in decreasing
amounts down to Utah, the lowest on the
list, with Nevada and North Dakota, hav-
ing little timbered area, not rated at all.
While the total valuation of the lumber,
latb, and shingle production reached
S5il ,545, $40, this amount represents de-
crease of twenty-three per cent under the
previous years output. The number of
mills reporting was 3l,23l and those
manufactured 81, ,224 1863 900 board feet of
lumber, valued at S5l0,5 ,575, 500 and 1885,
6s4, 900 lath valued at Sc, ,79l, 1928, while the
shingle makers turned out 1906, ,4s3, 900
shingles valued at S24 ,l7S, 400. The aver
age value OF lumb Der at the point of manu-
fscture was 1857 thousand feet, S227 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 marked
decreased 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 main
tanned their relative ranks but showed
decreases of twenty-five percent each iu
amount produced, and spruce dropped
eighteen per cent.
Louisiana was the heaviest producer oI
yellow pine lumber, supplying nearly
one-fifth of the total production. Texas
Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama fol-
lowed 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 9
third of the white pine, followed by Wis.
consin with about fifteen per cent and
New Hampshire with ten percent. An
interesting feature of the report is thai
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 manu- facture now centers
in Kentucky, West Virginia and Ten.
nessee. Wisconsin comes first in the pro.
duction of hemlock, taking the position
held by Pennsylvania for so many years
Altogether the lumber report bulletin
which is Tree, by the way, contains fifty
seven pages, and gives detailed figures
upon the quality and value of forty-fvt
kinds of lumber manufactured in the
United States last year. The work on i
was conducted under the supervision of {
committee of four, consisting of w. NJ
Steuart, chief statistician for manufac
lures and j. e. Whelchol, expert chief o
division, representing the Bureau of thu
Census, and r. S. Kellogg, assistant TOR
ester and A. II. Pierson, forest assistant
representing the United States Fores
Service.