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THE FOREST RESOURCES OF THE WORLD. 



WOOD PRICES. 



Tables 19 and 20 give the wood prices in the state forests in the 

 different States. Table 20 gives the average prices of wood, irre- 

 spective of the kind and species, for a period covering seventy-four 

 years 1830-1903. The average prices for wood of all kinds do not 

 vary a great deal. For 1902 the prices ranged from 5 cents per cubic 

 foot in Prussia to 10 cents in Saxony, the prevailing price being about 

 7 cents. Table 19 gives the average sale prices in the state forests 

 of Prussia and Wurttemberg for saw-log timber and firewood of differ- 

 ent species. The highest saw-log prices were secured for oak timber, 

 and the highest firewood prices were secured for oak and beech wood. 



TABLE 19. Prices of wood of different species and kinds in Prussia and Wurttemberg. 



The figures for value per cord are about 4 per cent too high because 

 the reducing factor 0.9 was used instead of 0.864. The figures for 

 values per cubic foot are 4 per cent too high because the factor 0.007 

 was used instead of 0.006 + . 



