Show LUMBER OUTPUT WORTH MORE THAN HALF MILLION wash nov 21 24 washington louisiana mississippi arkansas and wisconsin in the order named const constitute itule the big fhe in producing the coun arys lumber supply whose valuation tor for last year I 1 runs tar far above the halt half billion dollar mark texas michigan oregon minnesota and pennsylvania Pennsyl Nania came after the first five states and others followed in decreasing amounts down to utah all the lowest oil OB the list I 1 with nevada and north dakota having little timbered acca not rated at all while the total valuation of the lumber lath and shingle production reached this amount represents a decrease of twenty three per cent under the previous years output the number of mills reporting was and those manufactured board feet of lumber valued at and lath valued at while the shingle makers turned out 12 shingles valued at the average value of lumber hambe r at the point of manufacture W was as 15 1537 37 a thousand feet a thousand for lath and a thousand for shingles yellow pine of the south which has been far in ili the lead in the lumber production for more than a decade more than maintained its supremacy last year contributing slightly more than 33 per cent of the total output fl from m all kinds douglas fir of tile the 0 northwest northwest orth west 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 twenty two and twenty per cent respectively oak and hemlock maintained their relative ranks but showed decreases of awen ty flie e per cent each in ili amount produced and spruce dropped eighteen per cent louisiana was tile the heaviest producer of yellow pine lumber supplying nearly one fifth of the total pio pi production texas mississippi Ai kansas and alabama followed in the order named the state of of washington alone supplied mole moie than three fifths of tile the douglas fir cut while the bulk of the white came from froia oregon minnesota produced about a third of the white pine followed by wisconsin with about fifteen per cent and new hampshire with ten pei per cent an interesting feature of the is that two new england states maine and massachusetts achu produced moie white pine than michigan which for many years led the country in producing this valuable timber oal oak lumber manufacture now centers in kentucky west virginia and tennessee wisconsin gomes comes first in the production of hemlock taking the position held by pennsylvania Pennsyl vaia for so many in any years altogether the lumber report bulletin which is free by the way contains conta ins fifty seven even pages and gics detailed figures upon the quality and value of forty five fire hinds of lumber manufactured in the united states last year the work on it ams ft as conducted under the supervision of a committee of four consisting of W II 11 stewart J B E and it S kellogg and A 11 II pierson representing the forest service |