MASSACHUSETTS WOODLANDS. 



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TABLE II. 



Karlstein, Dedham, 83.5 acres, 579 cords. 



From this lot all the ties have been sold at a price to net 39% 

 cents in the log (64% cents delivered, less 25 cents hewing and 

 hauling); 100 cords of wood have been sold at $3.35 on the lot; 

 the rest of the wood, including some of poorer quality, should 

 average at least $3. If it fetches $2.50, the work will have paid 

 for itself ; anything over this will be profit. 



Table III. gives the cost data for a cutting operation which 

 represents varied conditions. The main stand, in two lots totalling 

 22^4 acres, was a growth of large oak with a little pine. The oak 

 had been so seriously damaged that not only was it necessary to 

 clear it off, but also the wood had so deteriorated through the at- 

 tacks of borers that but little of it could be utilized for anything 

 but cord wood. On one lot of 11% acres a sort of thinning was 

 attempted, as it was possible to leave enough maple, pine and other 

 resistant growth to partly cover the ground. The other 10% acres 

 were cleaned off of all growth and replanted to pine. On this 

 piece the growth was so heavy in places that as much as 80 cords 

 to the acre were cut, with an average of 45 cords per acre. Be- 

 sides this main stand there were 6 acres of a young mixed hardwood 

 growth from which all oak and birch was cut, and a larch planta- 

 tion of 5 acres, which had grown so thick with brush as to be 

 nearly impassable, and which was put into condition. On account 

 of these varied conditions the costs can hardly be called typical, 

 and both the cutting and brush-disposal costs are high, one on 

 account of the large quantity of heavy wood which had to be split, 

 and the other because of the cleaning up in the sprouts and the 

 plantation. Some of the wood was cut by the cord at $1.50 per 

 cord and the rest by day labor. These figures are interesting, how- 

 ever, to show that a difficult proposition like this can be made to 

 show a profit. 



