440 Forestry Quarterly. 



Oak, edged per M feet $47.60 to $71.30 



Oak, wany 44-24 to 69.40 



Beech, wany 24.00 to 39.20 



Ash, wany 66.15 to 74.80 



Black walnut, wany 135-50 to 173.00 



Elm, wany 5I-50 to 65.00 



Poplar, wany 31-75 to 40.00 



The greatest rise in price is that of ash lumber, namely 17.4 

 per cent, over 191 1. 



The oak trade particularly was strong in spite of the political 

 and financial troubles, which had not the least influence, especially 

 on first-class material for furniture and car construction. 



The coniferous lumber market was not less satisfactory and 

 rising, in spite of a depression in the building trade. In Bavaria 

 and the Black Forest the price for 16 foot, 6 inch boards aver- 

 aged $17.60; for 12 inch, $21.80; average $19.80, a rise of 4 

 per cent, over 191 1, and 10 per cent, over 1909- 



In the Rhine country, these prices must be increased by about 

 one third, the prices for 16 foot edged were running from $25.25 

 for 6 inch to $27.36; the rise in price over the average in 191 1 is 

 here 8.4 per cent; the lack of importations from Austria ex- 

 plaining this remarkable advance. These prices are for common 

 run. 



Pine deals, I class, averaged $36.45, an advance of over 25 per 

 cent, over the preceding year ; II class brought $33.35 to $35.40, 

 the two classes of better material together having advanced 18.4 

 per cent. 



Spruce deals hovered between $28 and $37, and fir deals about 

 the same, the advances being 19 per cent, for the former and 9 

 per cent, for the latter. 



Comparing ihe prices for common run boards for the last 20 

 years, an advance of just 50 per cent, on the average, 60 per cent, 

 for 12 inch, but only 35 per cent- for 6 inch lumber — a significant 

 diflFerence probably due to the deterioration of the import ma- 

 terial ! 



Das Wirtschaftsjahr igi2. Ill Bretterhandel. Centralblatt fiir das 

 gesammte Forstwesen. April, May, June, 1913. Pp. 190-194; 238-243; 

 293-297. 



