X. H. Agr. Experiment Station 



[Bulletin 318 



Via. 1. — Out line map of New Hampshire, 

 black section indicates the area studied. 



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probk'iii:;, the relatively small 

 amount of attention that has 

 Ix'en given to forest econom- 

 ics research is strikinji.''^ 



Most of the research in 

 this field has been confined to 

 the collection of statistics on 

 di:^trihution and the compi- 

 lation of lists of wood-using 

 plants. To the usual prob- 

 lems of a study, therefore, 

 there has been added the se- 

 lection and development of a 

 proper technique. 



Scope of Study 



The survey was conducted 

 in an area comprising a large 

 portion of Carroll county with 

 Tamworth as the center. (See 

 Fig. I.) Each timber owner 

 or operator supplied informa- 

 tion which was recorded upon 

 a (luestionnaire.- 



-Most of the field work was 

 completed by October, 1938, 

 except for obtaining estimates 

 of hurricane damage and de- 

 liveries of timber up to Julv 

 1. 1939. 



Methods of Securing 



Supply Information 



The estimates of merchant- 

 able timber-^ (sawlogs) were 



obtained in several ways. When a pre\ious appraisal based on a cruise 

 by a trained foraster or a reconnaissance by a competent indivitlual was 

 available, it was accepted (after adjusting for later growth and laiti. 

 Such estimates were obtained for most of the large tracts 

 the woodlands owned bv sunnner residents. 



and UKun" of 



'Social Science Rusearch Council: A Survey of Rtse.nrch in Forest Economics, Hullctiii Nn. J4, 

 19.16. 



'Data obtained for the area included the followinR: 



1. Quantity and quality of merchantable timber. 



2. Acreage of forest land. 

 Quantities of forest products cut for sale or home consumption (where estimates were 



available). 



Amounts of various forest products taken by present niarkct outlets within ;in econom- 

 ical range of the area of supply. 



Prices at which forest products from the area have been marketc<l in recent yc.ir>. 



Transportation charges from roadside to mill an<l from mill to final wood-working in- 

 dustry. 



Interest in attempts to improve marketing conditions. 



"In determining merchantability of timber many factors such as type of ownership, size of 

 tract, volume i)er acre, (|ualit>, nature of product, accessibility to roads, and distance from 

 mill were given consideration. Primarily this study has to do with the marketing of s:iw- 

 logs .md specialty products; estimates, therefore, arc in terms of board feet to the mini- 

 mum diameter usually acceptable in the region. 



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