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The specifications call for a diameter of 6" at the toj) end and one 

 of 14" inside bark at 2 feet from the butt end, 



FEXCING MATERIAL. 



Chestnut, red cedar and locust supply nearly all of the fencing 

 material used in the count3^ With the growing- scarcity of chestnut 

 poles for rails, wire is coming into more general use. Large quan- 

 tities of cedar, locust and chestnut posts are used every year on the 

 farms and a small quantity, mostly red cedar, was shipped out dur- 

 ing the past year. 



EXPORT W^OODS. ' 



Tor many years timber buyers have been buying choice trees of 

 the valuable species for the foreign export trade. The very best 

 specimens of large walnut, poplar, hickory, white oak and ash go 

 into this trade, which amounts to a considerable item. The prices 

 (f. 0. b.) at Baltimore, with dimensions required, are given below. 

 All logs are measured in the round by Doyle's Log Rule : 



Black WaZnwf.— $35 to $100 per 1,000 feet, B. M. in lengths of 10 feet and 

 up, and of a minimum diameter of 14 inches. Same to be hewed on four 

 sides to show a little black wood. 



Hickory. — $35 per M. in lengths 10 feet and up, and 10 inches and over in 

 diameter. Same shipped with bark on. 



Foplar. — $27 per M. in lengths 12 feet and up, and 24 inches and up in 

 diameter. Same hewed on four sides. 



Oak. — $25 per M. in lengths 12 feet and longer, and 24 inches and up in 

 diameter. Round, with bark on. 



Ash. — $25 per M. in lengths 10 feet and longer, and 10 inches and up in 

 diameter. Round, with bark on. 



An estimate of the total annual wood and timber cut of the county, 

 based on the most reliable data obtainable, indicates an equivalent of 

 20,000,000 board feet if firewood be included. 



Transportation Facilities. 



Since wood is a bulky product, its market price is determined, in 

 a large measure, by its accessibility to shipping points and the 

 freight charges to the markets. The county has exceptionally good 



