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ANNUAL EEPOETS OF DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



The following tables give (1) the total number of sales, classified 

 by amount, and (2) the sales of timber at cost to settlers and farmers. 



Number of timber sales, classified according to amount of sale, fiscal year t915. 



[Cost sales included.] 



Timber sold and cut at cost rates, fiscal year 1915. 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California 



Colorado 



Florida 



Georgia 



Idaho 



Minnesota 



Montana 



Nevada 



New Mexico... 



Oregon 



South Dakota. 



Utah 



Washington... 



Wyoming 



Alaska 



State. 



Number 

 of sales. 



39 



30 



304 



335 



Timber sold. 



Quantity. 



Board fed. 



112,000 



86,000 



1,715,000 



2,387,000 



Price at 

 cost. 



$83. 40 



69.14 



941.36 



1,647.40 



Timber cut. 



Quantity. 



Board feet. 



61,000 



82,000 



1,274,000 



1, 622, 000 



Price at 

 cost. 



$51.58 



63.26 



707. 91 



1,244.96 



1,174 



3 



1,507 



79 



51 



462 



147 



272 



15 



144 



6, 174, 000 



10,000 



7,401,000 



390,000 



215,000 



2,283,000 



1,211,000 



1,142,000 



110,000 



775,000 



4,610.22 

 7.50 



6,076.13 

 227. 46 

 200. 14 



1,302.08 



900. 26 



900. 40 



56.65 



583. 56 



5,119,000 



13,000 



5,693,000 



369,000 



103,000 

 2,235,000 

 1,244,000 



697,000 

 92,000 



642,000 



3,834.11 

 9.68 



4,683.14 

 222. 18 

 104.97 



1,248.44 



929.80 



551. 26 



45.59 



483. 08 



Total, 1915. 

 Total, 1914. 



4,562 

 2,341 



24,011,000 

 14,207,000 



17,606.30 

 10,035.34 



19,246,000 

 9,645,000 



14,179.96 

 6,569.98 



Thus the timber cut under these sales cost the settlers and farmers 

 who obtained it an average of 74 cents per thousand board feet, as 

 against an average of $2.48 realized by the Government under com- 

 mercial sales. Assuming that the average value of the selected 

 and relatively high-class material disposed of under cost sales was 

 no greater than that of the timber commercially cut, the cost-rate 



