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of all trees were cut very low. The company 's orders to its falling crews 

 in this regard were to cut all stumps under eighteen inches in height, 

 measuring from the ground to the saw cut. A very small per cent of 

 the merchantable volume was lost, due to breakage in falling, since the 

 land upon which the trees grew was exceptionally level, also since 

 broken sections measuring only seven or eight feet in length were used. 



It probably would have been next to impossible to have sawed more 

 lumber from the logs after they reached the mill than was sawed by 

 this company. The slabs were cut as thin as possible, and short lengths 

 were sawed where the taper was great enough to permit it. Edgings of 

 clear straight grained material were utilized and graded as moulding 

 stock, and in a great many cases considerable wane was left on the end 

 of boards coming from the small end of logs. 



The milling machinery was of modern type throughout. Therefore, 

 the minimum amount of waste in the form of sawdust resulted, and, 

 lastly, some of the lumber manufactured was cut shy on dimensions'. 



The above facts account for the enormous mill over-run based on the 

 Spaulding Log Rule, which averaged for all lumber cut each month 

 between 35 and 40 per cent. 



F. O. B. PRICES. 



The following F. 0. B. prices for the various grades of lumber sawed 

 at the Red River Lumber Company's mill were in vogue during the 

 fall of 1913 and winter of 1914, and were used in this report for all 

 value determinations : 



Per 1,000 board feet 



C. and better, %" $32 00 



D. Select and better, 1" 25 00 



Moulding stock 30 00 



No. 1 Shop, %" 27 00 



No. 2 Shop, %" 18 00 



No. 3 Shop, %" 13 00 



Box %" 11 00 



Box V 9 00 



Shop V 18 00 



No. 1 Common 22 00 



No. 2 Common 18 00 



No. 3 Common : 15 00 



Shims 7 00 



2"x4" and wider 15 00 



4"x4" and larger 15 00 



Plank 3" 15 00 



Culls _ 7 00 



