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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



demand; and (4) the presence of privately owned timber tributary 

 to the same markets and usually more accessible and of better qual- 

 ity than the Government timber. As a rule the greater part of the 

 privately owned timber tributary to a given market must be removed 

 before there is any considerable demand for National Forest timber. 

 The cost of marketing National Forest timber usually exceeds that of 

 privately owned timber because of its inaccessibility and the rougher 

 logging conditions. 



The requirements imposed in Service contracts for the perpetuation 

 of the Forest increase the cost of operation, as a rule, by 5 to 10 ;)er 

 cent as compared with similar operations upon private lands. To 

 oflset this disadvantage there are certain distinct advantages to the 

 purchaser of Government timber. These consist in the elimination, 

 m large part, of fire risk because of the protection furnished by the 

 Government, the small deposits required in advance of cutting, and 

 the ehmination of taxes and other carrying charges necessary where 

 bodies of privately owned timber are controlled for similar periods. 

 The realization of these advantages by the lumber trade is a significant 

 factor which in many localities will tend to increase sales of National 

 Forest timber, even though stumpage prices may be somewhat higher 

 than in the case of privately owned timber and the cost of operation 

 somewhat greater. 



The condition of the timber-sale business during the year is indi- 

 cated by the following statement of timber sold and timber cut under 

 sales, with the value of each, by States : 



Timber sold and cut under sales on the National Forests, fiscal year 1911. 



State or Territory. 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California 



Colorado 



Florida 



Idahio 



Minnesota 



Montana 



Kevada 



New Mexico 



North Dakota 



O klahoma 



Oregon 



South Dakota 



Utah 



Washington 



Wyoming 



Alaska 



Total fiscal year 1911 

 Total fiscal year 1910 



Timber sold. 



Amount. 



Board feet. 



90,876,000 



13,458,000 



112, 438, 000 



59,075,000 



55,000 



44,576,000 



473,000 



144,605,000 



2,278,000 



21,225,000 



1,000 



37,000 



134,245,000 



10,326,000 



15,167,000 



142,776,000 



9,796,000 



28,897,000 



830,304,000 

 574,555,000 



Value. 



$280,028.27 



29, 472. 71 



295,536.22 



115,878.01 



44.00 



94,010.62 



1,313.46 



485, 758. 79 



5, 108. 95 



51,944.90 



7.50 



79.20 



332,242.52 



29,174.53 



38,295.08 



305, 748. 48 



27,692.27 



30,203.54 



Timber cut under sales. 



A mount. 



Board feet. 



37,858,000 



4,817,000 



37,899,000 



47,647,000 



32,000 



49,597,000 



647,000 



57,642,000 



2,539,000 



20,096,000 



1,000 



37,000 



22,446,000 



10,056,000 



12,275,000 



25,343,000 



17, 598, (.00 



28,148,000 



'?,122,539.05 

 1,400,992.69 



374,678,000 

 379,616,000 



Value. 



$102,880.54 



10,626.97 



80,243.65 



06,110.62 



18.75 



118,472.26 



2,481.82 



170,276.49 



5,207.79 



36, 594. 57 



6.30 



79.20 



42,158.93 



27, 496. 65 



28, 498. 69 



48,-368.20 



43,265.39 



30,206.07 



842, 992. 89 

 896,308.34 



The total value of the timber cut under sales as given above difi'ers 

 from the receipts from timber as given on page 353, both because the 

 latter includes the receipts from timber and fire trespass and because 

 payment for timber is required in advance of cutting. 



The sale of turpentine from the Florida National Forest yielded 

 $8,268.68, as compared with $4,238.50 for the preceding year. 



