14 BULLETIN No. 82. 



Ship knees slight in Sussex County ; white oak used. 



Wagon and carriage stock slight ; only the very best hickory and 

 white oak used. 



Bean poles very small straight saplings of any species used, es^ 

 pecially dogwood and hickory. 



Most of the large trees cut are used for saw-timber, although 

 much good-sized stuff goes for mine props, railroad ties, piles, and poles. 

 The lumber manufactured is principally building material of all 

 kinds, dressed and rough, and is used almost entirely locally. Railroad 

 and bridge timbers also are largely manufactured. 



Tops left after cutting large timber for sawlogs and other pur- 

 poses are almost always utilized for cord wood, and there is little or no 

 waste. Cordwood brings a good price everywhere in Delaware, and 

 the poorest kinds of wood material can be disposed of at a profit. 



The prices given below indicate the excellent market for forest 

 products in the State. 



Cordwood brings from 50 cents to $2 a cord on the stump, and 

 from $3 to $8 delivered, with an average price of $4 a cord. 



The prices for railroad ties, delivered, are as follows : White oak 

 No. 1, 70 cents, and No. 2, 55 cents ; chestnut, and red oak No. 1, 55 

 cents, and No. 2, 42 cents. On the side branches of the railroad spruce 

 pine, maple, and beech ties are often taken, and at the same prices as 

 for red oak. 



Old growth white oak stumpage brings $10 to $15 a thousand for 

 butt and second cuts for carriage stock, and old growth hickory 

 $20 to $30. 



White oak railroad dimension stuff, four inches square and up, 

 and six feet or more in length, brings $25 a thousand delivered at the 

 railroad, and red oak $18. 



Tulip poplar brings $4.50 a cord peeled and delivered at the rail- 

 road for pulp wood, and sweet gum $3.50 to $4. 



Sweet gum, for basket veneer, brings $9 to $13 a cord delivered at 

 the factory, and soft maple in many places brings the same price. The 

 logs or short bolts must be at least 12 inches in diameter at the small 

 end. 



Chestnut telephone and telegraph poles range in price from $1.25 

 to $10, according to the length, and must be cut, peeled, and delivered. 

 Poles over forty feet in length and seven inches diameter at the top 

 end bring $5 and up, while with decreasing length the price is lower. 



