462 



LOGGING 



Bark peeling and handling is frequently done by contract, the 

 jobber receiving from $3.50 to $4.50 per cord on the car. The 

 contract price on board car on a West Virginia operation, 1909, 

 was $4 per cord. The contractor's expense is given on page 461. 



The yield of bark varies with the size of the trees and the 

 region in which the timber grows and is usually calculated on 

 the basis of the amount of timber cut. Pennsylvania operators 

 expect to secure one cord from 1500 to 2000 feet, log scale; 

 New York operators, one cord from 1700 to 2000 feet, log scale; 

 Michigan operators, one cord from 2000 feet, log scale; while 

 in Maine and West Virginia the yield is one cord from 2000 to 

 2500 feet, log scale. 



The following data on the yield and thickness of bark on trees 

 of given diameter, and the weight of hemlock bark per square 

 foot, were secured in the Adirondack region of New York : 

 YIELD OF HEMLOCK BARK> 



» From the Fourth Annual Report of the Forest Preserve Board, 1900. Albany, N. Y., 1901 

 pp. 84-86. 



2 2240 pounds. 



THICKNESS OF BARK 



