The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-25
LMMbER OUTPUT IS WORTH
MORE THAN HALF Billion
Mississippi Ranks Third in
Country Among States Pro-
ducing Countrys Lumber.
Special to The News.

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Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and
Wisconsin, in the order named, consti-
tute the Big Five in producing the
country's lumber supply whose val
uation 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 Da-
kota, having little timbered area, not
rated at all.
While the total valuation of the
lumber, lath, and single production
reached $541 ,545,64O, this amount rep
resents decrease of twenty-three per
cent. under the previous years output.
The number of mills reporting was
1921 and these manufactured 49,
224, 639,000 board feet of lumber, val
ued at $510,575,S22 and 1886, 1884 900
lath valued at s6,791,3 1923, while the
single makers turned out 1906, 4S3,-
900 shingles valued at $24,17S,4 9O. The
average value of lumber at the point
of manufacture was 1857 a thous-
and feet, 1927 a thousand for lath and
50 thousand for shingles.
Yellow pine of the South which has
been far in the lead in the lumber
production for more than a decade,
more than maintained it's 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 a falling off of fifteen, TWEEN
ty-two and twenty per cent, respect
lively. Oak and hemlock maintained
their relative ranks, but showed de-
crease of twenty-five per cent each
in amount produced, and spruce drop
ped 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, sup
piled more than three-fifths of the
Douglas fir cut, while the bulk of the
remainder came from Oregon. Mime
sofa produced about a third of the
white pine; followed by Wisconsin
with about fifteen per cent and New
Hampshire with 10 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
tiers in Kentucky, West Virginia and
Tennessee. Wisconsin comes 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-seven pages, and
gives detailed figures upon the quail
ity and value Of forty-five kinds Of
lumber manufactured in the United
States last year. The work on it was
conducted under the supervision of a
committee of four, consisting Of W..
M. Steuart, chief statistician for
manufactures and J. E. Whelchel, ex-
pert chief of division, representing
the Bureau of the Census and R. s.
Kellogg, assistant forester, and A.. H.
Pierson. forest assistant, representing
the United States forest service.