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HARDWOOD RECORD 



flee for the present his least valuable timber in 



t that it may become more valuable Such 



trees are worth very little to him now In 



i - they are worth nothing at all and 



not rarely he has been cutting then 



which is below his average expenses. 



cample, the case ot Adirondack 

 which we have some excellent 

 \ 17-inch yellow birch at the Adiron- 

 dack saw mill where we made the experiment 

 yields lumber of an average value of $10.92 a 



feet. In that country th< st of 



stumpage, logging and manufacture not often is 

 under $11, usually it is considerably more If 

 .- 1 i represents what it actually costs to handle 

 Adirondack hardwoods 'exclusive of fixed ex- 

 penses, such as road building and camps, r . 

 apparent that lumbermen had bettei 

 small sizes alone. 



All of you are aware that the increase in 

 ■ ol a tic,. » in, its growth is a rapid i m 

 but until now no Sgures on I lie subjei i tic pi 



lable The average value of the timber from 

 13-inch birch was found to be $9.32 a thousand 



I nun a 16-inch tree the lumber is . 

 $10.41, from a 20-inch tree it is worth $12.24 

 from a 25-inch tree $15.66 and from a ::i inch 

 nee sit. 7.. Thus the difference in value , t 

 lb,, lumber from a i:; ami :;i inch tree was 

 ioiin,l to I,,- $8.43 a thousand feci. 



We nave similar figures from longleal pine 

 in Manama ami in Louisiana, ami we have now 

 under way an experiment with yellow poplar in 

 Vlriglnla ami Tennessee which will be completed 

 within a lew w 



'lb,- figures secured by these experiments put 

 us in a position i" answei othei questions of 



much imp,, nan,,- i,, lumber a cine of the 



questions frequently asked us is. "How does the 

 amount of lumbei actually sawed en of a log 

 compare with the li g s, ale?" Here again «,■ 



are abli ti givi • Igures not only for the 



average output of your mill but for each 

 vidua] tree ami log. 



A few figures comparing log scale with mill 

 scale to, Adirondack hardwoods follow: 



A I.", inch birch seal,., according to Doyle 



■' :; ' : it saws ,,>n .".:■ i : at 16 indies the 



log rule credits ii with 105 feel but ii saw. oul 

 i i'', feet 'He- log -• ale i. below the a 

 product ,,i the tree until we got to thi 29-inch 

 ""! beyond, where the situation is reverse, i 

 1 " Ii - -■ ale , rediting the tree w 1th a greatei 

 amount of lumber than ii actually contains. 



Timber lias got to be worth so much thai 

 there is need ,,i a bene method of estlm 

 tracts The rough ami readj waj of cruising 

 '•'id and ih.-n putting a Btumpage value upon 



the estimated an i ,,i timber i- I naccu 



rate. The bureaus method is flrst t,, make 

 stand table, showing the numbei of trei 

 each diameter on the average acre Our tables 



ed ai the mill slew what h sis i i ice 



represents ii v and what is the average 



value ,a a thousand feet of the lumber that 



i i i It When we know what the ex 



penses ■ " ban, nine timber an-. Including Hied 

 expenses ami i!,,,s,. which depend on the am 



'" «1 !1 remOVed, We prepare tables show ill' 



the profits per acre in lumbering a I rai I 



l have given you in a very briel waj .,, [ 



the main direct ion. which Ihese mil] experiments 



a, ' taking in order that \ . . 1 1 may have an Idea 

 "i ibe practical use. to which they maj be put 

 a northern lumberman recently made thi 



" that the big successes in the lumber busl 



less would , nine in Hie future t" those nidi 

 who were abb- to figure most closely on all their 

 Ions. 'Ibe wrk we are doing now In. 



lllsbe. ||,e precise i II f o r III a I i , , tl necessary for Very 



Important call illations. We shall use figures ol 



ibis kind at every opportunity iii our own work 

 ior they are in manj ,a.e. the strongest i„,. 



sible argument in fai i ibe conservative man 



agement ot r< rest lands 



These things have vet t,, t nsldered as n 



seems to me they ought t" be. and until we can 



get lb,- actual logging, ibe managing of the 



i land, down to the basis of dollar, and 

 cents in this way we shall have failed to d, 

 business in the l„-.t possible way. 



The flguri - i have given you are [usl .ample 

 figures, simply t,, Illustrate a method, but we 



dead and Wolk out tables of this 



kind iii differ, ait parts of the I mid States so 



'hat the 111 mfacturer wl wns stump 



will have definite ami specific informs 



i,a,|. me directly i" the second thing I 



want to speak about, n forestry can be of 



'■■ lumbei men in spe, in, matters of this 



kind in Hie weds there is no question but that 



i-bt to have eei tain definite in 



formation about lumber, a statement which is 



uncontradicted, if a man is going to work in 



the WOOds he must be a lumbei man as well a. a 



' '• ami the forest rj -• hools have begun to 



Ink- that point ot view, and Ibe best steps that 

 have been ninde in thai direction were the ad 

 mlrable lectures given by Mr Millard at the 



xale forestry scl I last winter, i want vers 



" lumbei Ing put on its proper basis 



| "i ' en-id, ration it, forestry schools 



k-ii up logging, never vol 



flven naeter. lis proper weight 



an an. We have never vet given 

 instructions in lumbering iii any forestry schools 



either in this country or elsewhere in the world 

 on anything like the proper basis. 



What I should like to see would be an asso 

 nation like this fake up this question and pro- 

 vide Instruction in lumbering in forestry schools 

 t would have a good many definite' benefits 

 in the first place, unless I am greatly mistaken 

 everj large logging concern is going to be forced 

 before long t,, have a forestry of its own tim- 

 ber : n is going to be worth too much to have 

 it treated in any other way; vou have got to 

 take up the logging question along the lines [ 

 baie indicated, and many other questions and 

 you will need educated men t„ do that as much 

 as a railroad needs an educated man as suoerin- 

 i, ndetii ,,f motive power. 



There is that side of it then — the fore 



man needs tremendously to l ducated in luui 



and he needs not ,,nh t - taught some- 



thing about logging in the woods but he has 



to be taught these questions so ably tre I 



here ibis morning, a g forester must he a 



','"" 1 :lil around lumberman and no instruction 

 has been given anywhere that would enable a 

 man who is a .indent in forestry to deal Intel- 

 ligently wnh such topics as Mr. Long and Mr 

 Millard ba\,- taken up here today. 



Lumbering has made you rich ; forestry has 

 made the country rich. The forests have made 

 tins country prosperous more than has any 

 oiber single factor. The forest must i„. per 

 petuated. it can be perpetuated only thn 



Hon "i men like yourselves taking an In- 

 telligent interest In these questions and I think 

 "i no other way in which y, ur Interests can find 

 so effective an expression a. providing that the 

 whose business it i. to perpetuate forests 

 w "" ban, lb- them on the ground, should have 

 also thai completely rounded information ,,n the 

 'be are treating thai would make them 

 masters ol the subject and give you the benefll 

 ol then Information. And 1 think the tin 



"" - and it is very near, when everj one of 



.vou who handles large trad ol timber land 

 will as naturally ha- ■ , ,,, ],,.],, VHU 



as a railroad eompanj ha. an ei Gi nil,' 



men. that is very briefly what i wanted to say 

 The i,roo;r;i>it of the second day's session 

 included a report of the committee on , ,, 



dentials; report ,,f ti mmittee on ti idi 



relations: reports ,,f the new committees; 

 new business; election of ottio,. r s. :m, I ap 

 I'oiiitinctit of Btanding e immittees. A 

 " ting of the I oard oi goi ernors was held 



HI 'I"' 'lose ,,f the seen ,i,| , lav's Session. 



The committee on odd lengths and widths 



"t" which \v. .\ Holt i s , hairman, rep,,,! 



.as follows: 



The past .u.ioms ami methods employed in 

 'I'" pri ductlon ol all kinds ot lumber in even 



-io,k width, ami a, even lengths ■ 



siderable waste of the material and a bar, I. hip 

 to pro, line 



Aiier carefully considering the question of the 



kind ,,l limber which we now saw, and to 



the greatest widths and lengths from it we re, 



•""mend t,, the affiliated associations tl arlj 



and careful consideration ol the adoption for ail 



i mi except framing dl nslon ami timbers 



as standard widths ■':. 4, .",. 6, 7. 8, 9 In 11 

 and l.' Inches and wi,bi and a standard lengths 



the a, Idiiion of tl Id I,,,,! lengths between 



lb, minimum and maximum lengths now in use 

 in the various associations 



The report of the committee was adopted. 



The association appointed a permanent 



committee to solicit a fund to endow a chair 



•' I ical lumbering in the forestry school 



of Vale university. Gifford Pinchot and his 



family have on en l esi es a great deal of 



time and thought to this scl I the sum of 



$250,001 



The officers of the pas! ■ ear, X. W. \l 



I. co, I, ,, resident: < . A. Smith, vice president. 



and .1. A. Freeman, treasurer, were re-elected 

 by a unanimous and vigorous vote. The 

 various committees ami the members thereoi 



an as follows: 



asportation and terms "I sab — C I Mil 

 lard, chairman. 



Statistics i: C. Fosburgh, chairman; \v. .1 

 Wagstaff, l;. M Weyerhaeuser secretaries of 

 affiliated associations. j i: Rhodes John l: 

 walker, i; G. Barrel), victor n, Beckman, Lewis 

 George K. Smith and R. C. Schulz. 

 Insurance William Irvine chairman; I; A 

 Long, E. C. Fosburgh, C. M. Carrier, \v. c. 



Miles 



Trade relations— .1. a. Freeman, chairman 



c A. Smith. V. II Beckman, L. K. Baker, \v i 

 Holt. Han Cain, i '. I.. Cross 



Credit indemnity -Drew Musser, chairman- J 

 I. l'cal. I. C, Enochs, W. 11. Stillwell, L. K 

 P.issell. 



Credit rating department— E. A. Long chair- 

 man: Thomas Wilkinson. John i;. Davis Victor 

 H. Beckman, John R. Walker. 



Resolutions— .1. T. Barber, chairman - n n 

 I ' ster, .1. W. Kitchen 



Finance — J. B. White, chairman: R II Van- 

 sant. C. A. Smith. 



credentials — It. II. Vansant, chairman' N II 

 Clapp, .1. E. Long. 



1 "Id lengths ami widths — W. A. Holt chair- 

 man ; Lewis lioster. II. II. Tift. Dr. L. S Blades 

 II. L. Scarborough. 



Aid to forestry- William Garson, chairman - 

 It. M. Weyerhaeuser, I. C. Enochs. 



North Carolina Hardwood Association. 



It was decided at a meeting ,,r the committee 

 on permanent organization and constitution of 

 'i"' recentlj organized Western Carolina Lumber 

 Association held at Asheville to change the mime 

 of the association to the North Carolina Ilard- 



" ' Association. The organization will hold 



quarterly meetings, the next gathering ,,f t | 1P 



entire membership being fixed for the se 



Tuesday in June, when the commit I n con- 

 stitution and bylaws will make its report and 

 mattei affecting th ganlzation considered 



Tims far ibe list of charter members is as 

 follows: w. t. Mason Lumber Company, Ashe 

 '■'"' l.""ib»r company. Qulnlan-Munroe Lumber 

 company. Hardwood Lumber Company, Kanawha 

 Hardwood Company, w. n. Woodbury. Three 

 ■M" Lumbei- Company. J. M. English & Co., .1 s. 

 Coleman Lumber Company, J, E. Hawthorne. \p 

 Ewen Lumber Company, n. w. Fry, Craggj 

 I. umber Company, Luck Creek Lumbei- Company, 



5 G I ptegraiv \ Co., J. M. Bernhardt, Hutton 



6 Itourbomiois. 1'iodniont Lumber Company, 

 George A. Murray, c. A. S, hen, k and W iY 

 Martin. 



The association starts under most favorable 

 circumstances and lumbermen in the vicinity 

 will undoubted!] be greatly benefited by uniting 

 In a pei man, in oi ganlzation. 



Big Hickory Factory for the South. 



It has been definitely announced that Folej 

 Bros .>< Lars,,,, of St, Paul, Minn., will dab 

 lisli ai Jackson. Mi... what will undoubtedly 



be the largest hod,.. factory in the South. 



They have pur, based several l -and a, res of 



land in the i-eari river vallej containing an 



:tl •"" supply oi sol I the best hardwoods 



iii the country, which is in a practli allj undi 

 vol,, pod condition. 



The ], laning mill will he modern, complete in 

 •ven detail, ami managed by practical mill men 

 wiih years ,,f experience. Over $100, will 



1 xpendcl o|| Ibe mill alone 



Tin- construction ot a road up the valley of 

 'he Pearl river n, Carthage, and perhaps | 



Iambus, has bee, ,1, Icled upon, but it i. ,,,,1 

 yet determined whether the Illinois Central. 

 which is ais,, interested in ibe proposed road, 

 will build n ,,r Foley Bros, .v Larson. The 

 will be used only r,,r logging purposes at first, 



bin will undoubtedly I trended in the near 



The territory through which it will pa.. 



is rich farm land and the road will thus 



™l !"•• "i 'in- finest sections of the South 



Experiments with nut-bearing and other trees 



have I n made by Leo M. Geismar. superln 



teiideni of the upper peninsula experimental -i. 



"" ai Chatham. During the past season .,, 



600 trees, Including butternuts, oaks, while ash, 



mulberrle alpas, tulfp poplars, locusts and 



others, have been planted at the station. After 



Ibe severe willler of 1903 |!lll| the till t I crilll ts 



cai ut in perfect condition and the mulber 



lies blossomed last summer. The favorable cli- 

 matic conditions ,,f the upper peninsula were 



demonstrated by the success of the experiment. 



The Kayetteville Wagon ,v Lumbei Company 

 of Alpena, Ark. has -'dpi,,., I 17b ears of oak. 

 BSh, linn and , berry timber during the sixteen 

 months "i iis existence. 



