178 Forestry Quarterly. 



Hardwoods. 



Beech*, Black g-um*, Black oak*, Bur oak, Butternut*, Black 

 jack oak*, Black Walnut*, Catalpa*, Cherry*, Chestnut, Chestnut 

 oak, Chinquapin, Cork elm*, Cottonwood*, Cow oak. Coffee tree, 

 Hackberry*, Honey locust*, Laurel oak*. Live oak. Locust, 

 Mockernut hickory*, Osage orange, Overcup oak. Pignut hick- 

 ory*. Pin oak*, Post oak. Red elm*. Red gum*, Red maple*. Red 

 mulberry. Red oak*. River birch*. Rock elm*. Sassafras, Scarlet 

 oak*, Shellbark hickory*. Shingle oak*, Soft maple*, Spanish 

 oak*, Sugar maple*, Sweet birch*. Sycamore*, Sugar berry*, 

 Slippery elm*, Swamp maple*. Swamp white oak, Tupelo*, 

 Turkey oak*, Water oak*, Water hickory*, Western red cedar. 

 White ash*, White elm*. White oak, White pine*. Willow oak*, 

 Yellow birch*. 



It is assumed that a tie contains 42 board feet and has an 

 average value of 50 cents. 



Wages for Woods Labor. The Secretary of the Western Pine 

 Manufacturers' Association recently sent out a letter to the 

 members of the association asking what wages they were paying 

 in the woods this winter. Replies were received from 16 of the 

 members and below are given the lowest, the highest and the 

 average of wages being paid : 



Yarding hook tenders, $2.75, $5.00, $4.00; Rigging slingers, 

 $2.75, $3.50, $3.00; Yarding firemen, $2.25, $3.00, $2.60; Wood- 

 buckers, $2.00, $2.75, $2.50; Chasers, $2.25, $3.00, $2.60; Oilers, 

 $2.00; Headloaders, $2.75, $3.25, $3.00; Second loaders, $2.50, 

 $3.00, $2.66; Spooltenders, $2.50; Choker men, $2.25, $2.50, 

 $2.37; Signal men, $2.00, $2.75, $2.37; Knotters, $2.25, $2.50, 

 $2.37; Snipers, $2.50; Swampers, $2,00, $2.75, $2.40; Buckers, 

 $2.75; Headfallers, $2.50, $3.00, $2.75; Second fallers, $2.50, 

 $2.75, $2.56; Undercutters, $2.50; Road engineers, $2.75, $100 

 per month ; Brakemen, $2.00, $3.00, $2.75 ; Locomotive engineers, 

 $100 to $125 per month; Locomotive firemen, $2.75 per day to 

 $65 and board per month ; Boom men, $2.50, $2.75, $2.62 ; Skid- 

 road men, $2.75; Railroad graders, $2.(X), $2.75, $2.35; Section 

 men, $2.00, $2.40, $2.20 ; Landing builders, $2.60 ; Flunkies, $2.50, 

 $40 and board per month; Pump men, $2.50; Cooks (18 to 40 

 men), $50.00, $75.00, $66.66; Cooks (40 to 75 men), $60.00, 

 $100.00, $77.00; Cooks (100 to 125 men), $120.00; Bull cooks, 



