DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 43 



On the south side of field number 17 improvement cuttings have also 

 been made. Acorns, bitternuts, two quarts of locust seed, and 100 

 young basswood trees 3G inches high have been planted where the trees 

 were taken out. On May 18 fire ran over about five acres of this piece 

 and beside burning three cords of 36-inch wood and doing other damage 

 probably destroyed a part of the planting. A few hundred locust trees 

 18 inches high were planted on part of the area burned over. 



The scattering trees that stood on the west end of field 19 have been 

 cut into wood. The wood has sold at varying prices depending upon 

 the quality, length and delivery as follows: 



Two hundred seventy-six cords 16-inch at |2.00; 91/2 cords 16-inch at 

 $1.75; 1 cord 16-inch at p.60; 31/^ cords 16-inch at |1.50; 213^ cords 

 36-inch at |2.50; 614 cords 36-inch at |2.25; % cord 36-inch at $1.75; 11/2 

 cords 36-inch at $1.50; 11/2 cords 36-inch at $1.10, not delivered; 2% 

 cords 36-inch at $1.00, not delivered. 



Sixty cents per cord was paid for cutting 16-inch and seventy cents 

 for 36-inch. The 16-inch sold so much more readily that only 771/2 cords 

 of 36-inch were cut. It cost from 40 to 50 cents per cord to deliver the 

 16-inch and 70 to 80 cents to deliver the 36-inch. This leaves a net stump- 

 age value of from 90 cents to $1.00 per cord for most of the 16-inch and 

 of from $1.00 to $1.10 for most of the 36-inch. A few trees were so badly 

 decayed that they little more than paid for getting out if present re- 

 turns only are considered but to let them stand or leave them on the 

 ground would have been po.or management, for if left standing they 

 would be a hindrance to the growing trees and if left on the ground 

 would help to increase damage from fire. During the winter the team 

 and driver from the Experiment Station was permitted to haul wood 

 at 25 cents per hour but when the open season began it was necessary to 

 pay 35 cents per hour for man and team. 



During December and January the weight of 81.5 cords of 16-inch 

 wood was taken and the average weight per cord (mostly beech) was 

 1,832 pounds. The average weight of four cords of top 36-inch beech 

 was 2,882 pounds. The 16-inch wood sold readily for two dollars per 

 cord delivered and the 36-inch went slowly at two hollars and fifty cents 

 per cord. By reducing to rate per ton we find that the 16-inch cost $2.18 

 per ton and the 36-inch $1,73 per ton. If we add to the price of the 36- 

 inch 75 cents for cutting each stick twice to make it convenient stove 

 length we find it cost $2.48 per ton or thirty cents more per ton than the 

 16-inch. Later orders were given to cut nothing over 16 inches. In 

 this length the limbs are used up closer, and more profit is realized per 

 tree. 



With the cooperation of the Chemical Department a test was made 

 to determine the heat value of different parts of beech and maple trees. 

 The results were as follows : 



