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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



ANOTHER VIEW OF A PORTABLE SAWMILL. 

 NOTE THE SIZE OF THE LOGS. 



very seldom grows larger than post size. 

 The white cedar makes poles as well as 

 posts, and shingles and lumber are made 

 from it. Its average price is $24 per 

 thousand feet. 



Cherry is mostly used for fancy 

 furniture. Any tree which will yield 

 a good log should be worked into furni- 

 ture stock, and should always command 

 a special price for this purpose. Its 

 average price is $30 per thousand feet. 



Chestnut is used mostly for cordwood, 

 ties, telephone poles and piles, and also 

 very largely for bridge and car construc- 

 tion and furniture, and a large variety 

 of miscellaneous purposes. The aver- 

 age price is about $19 per thousand 

 feet. 



Elm is also a wood with a large num- 

 ber of special uses for which it has a 

 special value. 



The white elm is the best of the elms. 

 It is used mostly for cooperage stock, 

 vehicle stock, and in such implements 

 as wheelbarrows, etc., where especially 

 strong wood is desired. Its average 

 log run price is now $23 per thousand 

 feet. 



Hemlock is sold mostly for ordinary 



lumber and pulp. It is rather an in- 

 ferior wood. The average price is 

 $15.75 per thousand feet. 



Hickory is used mostly for agricul- 

 tural implements, tools, vehicle stock, 

 etc. Good hickory is growing scarcer 

 and scarcer and should always command 

 a special price. Frequently trees are 

 worked up into cordwood or other in- 

 ferior products which should be left 

 to grow lumber. The average price 

 is $25 per thousand; although hickory 

 finds a ready market up to $60 per 

 thousand feet. Hickory cordwood brings 

 about $6 per cord. 



Locust is used mostly for posts, ties, 

 insulator pins, etc. The average price 

 is $20 per thousand feet. 



Maple is used mostly for furniture 

 and fancy interior finish, wooden novel- 

 ties, musical instruments, and a very 

 large number of special uses. It saver- 

 age price is $18.75 per thousand feet. 



Red maple is very inferior to the 

 sugar maple and can only be used in a 

 very limited number of ways as com- 

 pared to the sugar maple. Special 

 grade maple can always command a 

 special price, especially if it has a 



