466 Forestry Quarterly 



Per M Feet 



Felling trees $0. 78 



Trimming and swamping 30 



Dragging logs to mill 1 . 60 (contract) 



Crosscutting stems into log lengths at mill 71 



Sawing 4 . 00 (contract) 



Hauling lumber to railroad siding, yi mile 90 (contract) 



Loading on cars Z3 



Total, stump to car $8. 62 



The prices received were: 



Per M Feet 



Car lumber $19-$20 



Wagon stock 22 



Building lumber 18- 20. 50 



Blocking (used in shipping heavy machinery) 12- 16 



Mill culls 10 



White oak ties, 25, 45, and 60 cents each for Nos. 3, 2, and 1, respectively. 

 Chestnut ties, 25 and 35 cents each for Nos. 2 and 1, respectively. 



The average price of the lumber disposed of was $18.35 per 

 M feet and ties $.42 each. 



Trees (chestnut) unfit for logs, but with short, sound sections, 

 had these sections removed for shingle bolts. The cost of shingles 

 from tree to pack was as follows : 



Per M 

 Shingles 



Cutting trees into shingle length (23 inches) bolts $0.91 



Hauling bolts to mill 24 



Sawing (contract) 1 . 50 



Baling 25 



Bale iron 07 



Tool account (wedges, saws, etc.) 12 



Total cost of shingles from tree to bale $3 . 09 



The shingles averaged about 1,800 4"X23" shingles per cord 

 of bolts and sold for $4.21 ($4 to $5) per M. They showed a 

 profit above cost of $1.12 per M or $2.01 per cord of bolts. 



Lath (plastering) were cut from the best chestnut slabs in 

 the lumber mill at a sawing and bundling cost of $2.25 per M. 

 Several tests showed an average of 2360 lath cut from 1 cord of 

 slabs. The lath sold for about $4.00 per M, hence the lath 

 showed a profit of $1.75 per M or about $4.13 per cord of slabs 

 used. This was a decided profit over fuel value of chestnut 

 slabs at $1.50 per cord at the mill. 



Since lumber cost $7.39 per M as it came from the saw (cost 

 of hauling to railroad and loading on cars deducted from $8.62) 

 and 1 M feet of logs is equivalent to 2 cords, it can be seen that 

 defective logs, going entirely into slabs for lath, would cost ^ of 

 $7.39 or $3.70 per cord ready for the lath saw. It has just been 



