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Taiban Valley News
Taiban, De Baca County, New Mexico
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US lumber production in 1920 totaled 33.8 billion feet, down from prior years, but prices hit $38.42/thousand feet (up 150% since 1910), yielding record $1.3 billion value amid post-war peak. Data from Forest Service survey of sawmills; increases in Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain states.
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Denver.—The lumber cut of the United States in 1920 was 33,798,800,000 feet, which is 2.2 per cent less than in 1919, and 27 per cent less than the peak in 1907.
The average price of lumber at the mill increased to $38.42 per thousand, which is a raise of 150 per cent since 1910. The aggregate value of the cut is $1,299,000,000. These are the highest annual valuations ever recorded, but do not indicate present conditions. They merely reflect the extremely high peak in the post-war lumber prices which was passed in the first quarter of 1920.
These are the principal statistics obtained by the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, in its 1920 canvass of American sawmills. They are based upon reports from 15,978 active mills out of 23,243 estimated to have been in operation. Several thousand mills cutting less than 50,000 feet were not tabulated, though allowance was made for their cut. Comparisons with 1919 are published by permission of the Bureau of the Census, U. S. Department of Commerce.
The tables show that the states which increased their cut are all in the Pacific Coast group and the Rocky Mountains.
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United States
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1920
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lumber cut decreased 2.2% from 1919 and 27% from 1907 peak; average price increased to $38.42 per thousand (150% rise since 1910); aggregate value $1,299,000,000, highest recorded but reflecting post-war peak prices.
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The lumber cut of the United States in 1920 was 33,798,800,000 feet. The average price of lumber at the mill increased to $38.42 per thousand. The aggregate value of the cut is $1,299,000,000. These statistics are from the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, based on reports from 15,978 active mills. States that increased their cut are in the Pacific Coast group and the Rocky Mountains.