116 THE ADIRONDACK SPRUCE 
According to conservative estimates the stumpage 
value of the various species is as follows: 
Per thousand 
board feet. 
Sprucey 5 cin veneceeee ae ss ee Sr 75 
Birches. 4.4 oS ace eee co. sg eee 3 00 
Maples. 2 i c.1t ema: ane «eran I 50 
BMG yj c0d do poe eso « 2 oO 
Hemlock (including bark)........ Tho 
If one-twenty-fifth of the standing timber, cutting the 
Spruce to twelve inches, were removed and sold as 
above, with allowance for cull, the receipts for the first 
year would be: 
Board feet. 
Spruce.) 2h. 2a Baa5 BS... biter $5,868 65 
IEC... oy) oe PR eR a Or c<... tena 5,954 73 
Maples io icga ) aema@OMUO7 5. 5:2 nee 459 90 
Pine, eee eee: Vc ae 163 OO 
emlocki. sats. 1/1 ON Oy SER Oe ie etre 
$13,581 13 
In order to be entirely safe, it may be assumed that 
on account of the necessity of leaving certain trees for 
silvicultural reasons, because of difficulties of transporta- 
tion or a poor market, only fifty per cent. of the 
above receipts for the species other than Spruce and 
Pine would be obtained. The gross receipts for the 
first year would then be; 
