Show CENSUS OF 1916 LUMBER the census of the lumber production of the country for 1916 will be undertaker undertaken by the forest service in cooperation with the national lumber manufacturers association the information to be obtained by this work it is stated will be of immense benefit to the lumber industry the forest service and other branches of the government it is estimated by the forest service that there are more than bo sawmills in the country and it is planned to have the investigation vesti gation reach every sawmill in operation each of these will be ba asked to make a detailed report of its production anfor is is sought boug ht as to the total quantity ity of each kind of wood sawed the number of lath and shingles manufactured and the average mill value for each sr species ecles printed schedules designed for use in different regions of the country will simplify the collection of the figures and make it easy for each mill man to send in a complete report the work it is stated will be directed by the office of industrial investigations of the forest service in washington but the western part of the country will be covered by the district offic offices e S f the forest service located in washington but the western part of the country will be covered by the district offices of the forest service located in missoula mont denver colo albuquerque quer que N M ogden utah san francisco calif and portland ore the officers in charge of these districts being nearer and thoroughly familiar with the scene of operations are able to secure returns and compiles re in less time than if work were all handled from washington it is intended that preliminary statements showing show hilr the production of the principal species such as yellow pine douglas fir white pine and oak and also the production of the leading states will be issued as soon as the figures are available the importance of these annual statistics forest service officials say is apparently not fully realized by all of the sawmill men since past attempts to gather similar data show a large number often fail to reply promptly or neglect to make any report A better response has been received from the lumber trade in late years and the officials in charge of the work believe that with proper cooperation on the part of the lumberman final figures showing the total production can be announced by june 1 1917 |