Production of Lumber, Lath and Shingles-lgz7

Statistics were compiled by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, in cooperation with the Forest Service, Departmen-t of Agriculture.

Washington, D. C., December 26, 1928.-The Depart- ment of Commerce announces that, according to datf collected at the biennial census of manufacttires taken in l?29 tn._ production.of lumber, lath, and shingles in the United States in 1927 was as follows: Lumberf 34,SZT,4S0 thousand feet, board measure, a decrease of 6.5 per cent as gggpared with 36,935.930 thousand feet in 1926; lath, Z,37?233-3 t!9u,sands, a decrease of 23.7 per cent as compared with 3,083,130 thousands in 1926; shingles, 6,443,868 ihousands, an increase of 7.2 per cent as cJmpared with 6,008,346 thousands in 1926.

Of the 46 States reporting the production of lumber for 1927,31 show decreases and l5 inireases as comDared with the.output-for 1926, the greatest amount of decrease being indicated for Louisiana. Ten States shorv a productioi of more than 1,000,000 thousand f.eet for 1927.

Seven kinds of wood contributed more than 1,000,@ thousand feet each to the total cut for each of ihe iwo years. The dominating woods, as for previous years, are yellow pine_and Douglas fir, which contributed 31.5 per gent_ 3l-d 24.5 per cent respectively, of the total production f.or -1927, as aglinst 31.8 per cent ind 23.8 per cent, respect- ively, of that for 1926. All of the seven rvoods of itrief importance show decreases for 1927 as comoared with 1926 the'largest decrease being shown for Dougias fir.

Summary statistics in regard to wagJ earners, wag.e, cost_of materials, and horsepower will be published later.

The _figures for 1927 as here presented are preliminary and subject to such correction as may be found necessary after further examination of the returns.

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