10 



per day. In some sections $6 is the usual rate. Table 1 gives 

 the hauling cost for different wage rates and distances. 



TABLE 1. Costs of Hauling. 



(Reprinted from Forest Service Bulletin 96.] 



Table 2 gives the average costs of production, except hauling, 

 of the different products, as determined for Connecticut. 



TABLE 2. Costs of Production. 



[Compiled from tables in Forest Service Bulletin 96.] 



Cost of cutting and peeling poles assumed to be 30 cents for poles 25 to 35 feet long; 35 cents 

 for poles over 35 feet long. 



The average cost of production of lumber in Massachusetts, 

 as given by various operators, seems to be lower than that in 

 Table 2. The costs given run from $4.50 to $7. In the follow- 

 ing tables, therefore, the minimum Connecticut cost has been 

 used as the average Massachusetts cost. 



Table 3 gives the combined costs of production and hauling 

 per unit of volume, based on the figures in Tables 1 and 2, for 

 different daily capacities and wage rates. Since no estimate of 



