EXTRA COSTS IX IvOGGIXC. 913 



With a stand of 20,000 feet per acre (which is conservative for the 

 average timber-sale area in California pine) the cost is 7 cents per 

 thousand feet. 



I'.Rl'SH DISPOSAL 



It is the general practice to require operators in District 5 timber 

 sales to pile and burn all brush resulting from the felled timber and 

 snags. The work of piling is often subcontracted at rates ranging from 

 17 cents to 25 cents per thousand feet of timber cut. Records of brush- 

 piling work done directly under the supervision of the company show 

 that the cost ranges from 1 1 cents to 26 cents per thousand feet of 

 timber cut. lirush burning is usually done by the operator at a cost of 

 from 2 cents to 5 cents per thousand feet of the timber cut, with an 

 average of possibly 4 cents per thousand. There has recently been a 

 sharp advance in labor costs. .V fair present average, therefore, for 

 piling and burning is 30 cents per thousand feet. 



I- IRE-1'I<( >'1KCT1\K .\I HASl/KKS 



Ordinarily one man can do all of the extra cleaning up around a 

 donkey setting within one day at a cost of about $3. This will ordi- 

 narily amount to less than $0.01 per thousand feet. The investment in 

 spark-arrester and fire-fighting equipment should not exceed $75 for 

 each machine and should remain in use for several vears. A deprecia- 

 tion figure at $0.01 per thousand feet should retire the investment 

 easily. 



Sr.M MAIO' 



The following items may be considered average extra costs of logging 

 on accoinit of (lovernment timber-sale regulations: 



Ciist per tliiiiis;iiul. 

 log scale 



ConstriK-lii)ii coNt $0,375 



Felling .ind I)uckinK o.oi 



Yarding 0.06 



vSnag (lis()<)sal 0.02 



Diseased trees 0.07 



I'nish disposal 0.30 



l'"ire-pnit(rtivi- nuasures o.OJ 



$0,855 

 I tons Off set till;/ Hxtra Costs 



.According to the results of Mr. r.err\'s report, referred to above, the 

 average (juality of timber taken out under Forest Service methods is 

 considerably better than tliat taken (»ut under priv.ite cutting methods. 



