tains nearly twice as much lumber as one twenty-five years of age, 

 or a thirty-five year old crop three and one-half times as great as 

 when harvested at twenty-five years; also, that while it takes 

 twenty-five years to grow the first 6,750 feet of lumber, nearly 

 40,000 feet more can be grown in a second twenty-five years i. e., 

 allowing the crop to grow fifty years. 



The land owner is also interested in knowing what he may expect 

 in the way of financial returns as well as quantity production. For 

 this purpose the following interesting tables, which were prepared 

 by the State Forest Service of Massachusetts, are herewith pub- 

 lished with the permission of Frank Wm. Rane, State Forester of 

 Massachusetts : 



MONEY YIELD TABLE. 

 STUMPAGE VALUES. 



FINANCIAL ROTATION OF WHITE PINE. 

 Money at 4 per cent.; value of land, $4 per acre; cost of planting, $7 per acre. 



