Portable Mill Utilization 467 



shown that each cord of slabs netted $4.13 over and above the 

 cost of lath sawing. Hence there was a net profit of $.43 per 

 cord in picking up chestnut logs so defective that they cut no 

 lumber, but were slabbed into lath stock entirely. Defective 

 logs with some lumber in them increased this minimum net profit 

 of $.43 per cord ($.83 per M ft. of logs). Of course, logs cut- 

 ting no lumber were as a rule not brought to the mill, since 

 cutting them into cordwood at $0.60 per cord, which sold at $1.40 

 to $2.00 per cord (varying with the amount of oak) on the 

 ground, was better than cutting such defective logs into slabs 

 and then into lath with the greater expense, even though the 

 latter showed some profit. 



The woods waste was cut into fuel at a cost of 60 cents per 

 cord and sold for $1.40 to $3.00 per cord (average $1.78). 



The mill waste not fit for lath was cut into stove-wood lengths 

 of 13 inches at a cost of $.20 per cord and sold for $1.86 (aver- 

 age price) per cord at the mill. 



The following statement shows a summary of the operation 

 which includes bark from 38 Rock oak trees, a few telephone 

 poles and miscellaneous products: 



Seventeen Acres of Cull Hardwoods, Running about 10 M Feet to Acre; Chestnut, 

 Red and Black Oaks, with Some White and Rock Oak — 75 to 170 Years Old 



Sale Cost of 



Value Mfg. 



198 cords fuel from tops and culls $352. 21 $118.80 



55 cords shingle bolts cutting 98 M shingles 413.05 302.82 



1781 M feet of logs (mill cut) 3,266. 12 1,444. 57» 



47 M car stock 



36 M wagon stock 



22 M blocking — machinery 



62 M boards and rough building 



lumber 

 11 M mill culls 



6 cords of slabs cutting 14 M lath 55 . 29 31 . 50 



58 cords of slabs sawed short for fuel 107 . 68 1 1 . 60 



318 railroad ties 132.55 115.13 



17 telephone poles 31 . 50 17 . 00 



11,730 pounds Rock oak bark 43.78 15.00 



Miscellaneous (posts, etc.) 29. 82 



Total $4,432.00 $2,056.42 



While the lumber item shows a stumpage return of — 

 $18.35 — $8.13 (average cost) = $10.33 per M feet— 

 the income from fuelwood, shingles, lath and other products 

 increased this to $14.47 per M feet of lumber cut. 



3 Of the lumber cut, 105 M feet was delivered f.o.b. local railroad siding at 

 a cost of $8.62 per M; 73 M feet was piled and sold at the mill at a cost of 

 $7.39 per M. 



