Area embraced in additions to national forests from June 30, 1911....

Area embraced in eliminations from national forests from June
30, 1911..

Area embraced in existing national forests June 30, 1911..
Area embraced in existing national forests January 31, 1913...

Area decreased during the period June 30, 1911, to January 31, 1913...

187,008,796

Acres.

484,204

4,083,651 190,608,243 187,008,796

3,599,447

LUMBER AND TIMBER PRODUCTS STATISTICS.

In 1909 there were in the United States 40,671 establishments; 784,989 persons engaged in the industry, of which number, 48,825 were proprietors and firm members, 19,840 were salaried officers, superintendents and managers; 18,088 were male, and 3,717 female clerks. The average number of wage earners was 695,019: the number in the maximum month, November, was 739,160, and in the minimum month, January, 649,239. The total number of wage earners on December 15, 1909, or the nearest representative day, was 838,160, of which number, 826,978 were males, and 4,027 females, all being 16 years of age and over;

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while 6,886 males, and 269 females, v
under 16. The capital invested was $1,13
675,407. The tota. expenses were $95
622,839, of which the officials recei
$22,448,332, clerks $17,979,364, wage eari
$318,739,207, fuel and rent of power
082,287, other materials $503,035,292, rent
factory or works $2,623,146, taxes includit
internal revenue $9,863,384, contract wor
$32,491,242, and other miscellaneous wor
$76,360,585. The primary horse-power wa
2,840,082. The value of products $1,156,
128,747. The value added by manufacture,
which is the difference between cost of materi-
als and value of products, was $648,011,168.

LUMBER AND TIMBER PRODUCTS.

The total value of the lumber and timber products of the United States, in 1909, was $724,705,760. The total quantity of lumber made was 44,509,761 M. feet, board measure, valued at $684,479,859: Of this amount the softwoods comprised 33,896,959 M. feet, board measure, valued at $477,345,046. They were subdivided as follows:

Of the total quantity of lumber, the output of hardwoods was 10,612,802 M. feet, board measure, valued at $207,134,813. They were divided as follows:

SHINGLES, 1911.

During the year 1911 there were 12,113,867 thousand shingles produced in the United States. They were cut from the following woods in the following quantities: Cedar 9,592,179 thousand; cypress 1,230,645; yellow pine 650,332; redwood 395,786; white pine 83,679; spruce 12,381; chestnut 40,840; hemlock 26,171; western pine 15,882; and all other woods 65,972 thousands. Washington produced 63.9 per cent. of all the shingles used and Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, Oregon and Wisconsin produced from one per cent. to three ner cent. of the total production.

POLES AND TIES, 1911.

During the year 1911 there were 135,053,000 ties used by the steam and electric railroads of the United States. Of this number 59,508,000 were oak; 24,265,000 southern pines; 8,015,000 cedar; 7,542,000 chestnut; 11,253,000 Dougs fir; 4,138,000 tamarack; 5,857,000 cypress; 3,686,000 hemlock; 2,696,000 western yellow pine; 1,820,000 redwood; 1,293,000 gum; and 4,980,000 of all other kinds. During the same period there were 3,418,020 poles purchased for electric wires of all kinds. They were of the following woods: Cedar 2,100,144; chestnut 693,489; oak 199,590; pine 161,690; cypress 72,995; and all other kinds 190,112.