Summary and Conclusion 



The changing pattern of land use away from tillage and grazing has been 

 responsible for the development of wood crops which are finding uses in 

 a variety of markets. Whether the wood resource attracts the market or 

 the market discovers the raw material, the fact remains that woodland 

 owners benefit both bv numerous outlets and choices of end use. 



There are well over 500 wood-using industries securing raw material in 

 New Hampshire. Thus in relation to land area there is a market at no great 

 distance from the source of all raw material. On the basis of figures alone, 

 one mill or market is present for each eleven square miles of land area. 



In the present study. 268 mills were sampled. From this group 248 re- 

 ported a volume of 315,180,000 board feet purchased from landowners. 

 Ninety-two percent of these landowners had woodlands of 15 to 500 acres 

 in area. These holdings are in the small ownership class. 



Fifty-nine percent of all sawmill owners have forest land of their own. 

 This may be taken as a stabilizing factor since it serves as a direct source 

 of raw material and involves mill management with forest crop production. 



The average number of years in business is 22 for sawmills, 27 for other 

 mills, and 78 for pulp and paper manufacturers. 



The principal species used are white pine and hemlock. Two-thirds of 

 the total industry depends upon these two species. Seventy-five percent make 

 purchases of logs, thus offering the owner an opportunity to utilize his 

 labor and transportation facilities. 



In making stumpage purchases, 43 percent of the wood-using industries 

 still depend upon ocular estimates. All others follow recognized measure- 

 ment practices. The New Hampshire or caliper rule is used in log buying 

 by 46 percent of the industry. Thirty percent use the International and 

 24 percent use some other log rule or mill tally. 



Quality requirements are indicated by price ranges quoted by some of 

 the mill buyers. No direct reference is made to log grades. 



The average log size at mills sawing white pine was found to be 10 feet 

 long and 9.1 inches in diameter at the small end. Since larger logs pro- 

 duce higher lumber grades, the small size used in pine mills indicates 

 scarcity in high grade lumber output. 



Stationary mills quote higher prices for logs than is true of portables. 

 There is a geographic difference in prices of stumpage and logs within the 

 State. Highest prices are paid in the two counties of Carroll and Grafton. 



No sizeable area in the State lacks either forest resources or wood-using 

 industries. The increased interest in timberland ownership by industry 

 points out advantages which may be gained in raising forest crops. 



New Hampshire produces a variety of valued species for which there 

 are large and favorable markets. 



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