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age price will be high. Often individual trees of good form 

 and quality bring a very high price, as in the Ohio Valley, 

 where owing to the scarcity of timber and the necessity of 

 freighting logs from the Appalachian Region, trees in the 

 farm woodlot are in great demand by wood-using industries. 



On the Nearness to Market. The length of the haul 

 directly affects the stumpage price. If but one trip can be 

 made to market a day standing timber will be worth less than 

 where two trips a day can be made. 



On the Species of Trees and the Condition of the Timber. 

 Not all trees have equal commercial value. The woods of 

 some species have many uses while the woods of other kinds 

 of trees are of little if any value. Where trees are adapted 

 to a special use the stumpage price will be high. Sound timber 

 brings a higher price than defective, diseased or insect-infested 

 timber. 



On the Amount of Timber Per Acre and the Extent of 

 the Tract. The more timber there is in a woodlot the better 

 price it will bring. This is owing to the fact that the more 

 timber that can be hauled over the same log road or that can 

 be sawed by the same set-up of the sawmill, the less the expense 

 in manufacturing the lumber. 



On the Logging Cost. The greater the cost of logging a 

 tract the lower the stumpage price will be. With the same 

 kind and character of timber the stumpage price will be less 

 on steep rocky land than where the logging conditions are 

 better. 



On Whether all the Timber is to be Sold or Some Re- 

 served. Where seed trees are to be left to seed up the area 

 or small trees below a certain diameter limit are to be left to 

 grow to larger size, the stumpage price will be less than where 

 all the timber is sold. This is not only due to the smaller 

 amount of timber to be logged, but also because of the care 

 that must be taken in felling trees and in logging not to injure 

 the trees left. 



