48 FOREST C03IMISSI0NEr's REPORT. 



221 M gain as actually cut $691 79 



221 691.79 



= 58 per cent ratio of gain, = 34 per cent. 



381 2,032.96 



If in these same trees the stumps had been cut as low as they 

 might have been, and all of the lumber in the tops, equal in quality to 

 that hauled, had been taken, the }ield would have been as follows : 



358 M of 1st class logs from trunks at $5.76 $2,062 08 



300 " " 2d " " " tops at $2.92| 877 50 



658" Totals $2,939 58 



381 "• by ordinary good cutting, as before 2,032 96 



277 " Gain $906 62 



277 906.62 



= 73 per cent ratio of gain = 45 per cent. 



381 2,032 96 



If the results of good cutting by ihe o.dinary method be taken as 



the standard of comparison, as above, a brief summary shows, for 



the same trees, and at the same stumpage prices, as follows : 



Good cutting, ordinary methods, yield 381 M ; stumpage, $2,032 96 



Actual cutting, new methods, yield 602 M ; stumpage, 2,724 75 



Gaii in yield 221 M ; stumpage, $691 79 



Ratio of gain in yield, 58 per cent ; stumpage, 34 per cent. 



As they might have been cut, yield, 658 M. ; stumpage, $2,939 58 



Gain in yield ' 277 M. ; stumpage, 906 62 



Ratio of gain in yield, nearly 73 per cent ; in stumpage, 45 per cent. 



This was perhaps, an unusual opportunity for this kind of an 

 operation, and in another pine growth the tops might not afford so 

 much lumber ; while in spruce, since the bole of the tree constitute* 

 so much larger fraction of the whole, the proportion of gain would 

 be less. 



There are no statistics, known to the writer, of the total amount 

 of lumber annually cut in this State, or even in the Penobscot val- 

 ley, but the books of the Surveyor-General at Bangor show that for 

 the past ten years— 1881 to 1890, inclusive — there have been sur- 

 veyed at thU port an annual average of a little more than 29,000 M. 

 of pine, and 109,000 M. of spruce, besides other lumber, and 

 besides lumber of these kinds cut in this valley, that were not 

 reported to that officer. 



