38 WHITE PINE TYPE 



Mill run values have also increased but not in the same ratio as 

 stumpage prices. For example during the period from 1900 to 

 1907 stumpage prices rose 121 per cent while lumber prices only 

 advanced 53 per cent or from $12.66 to $19.41. At present 

 (1920) the following prices are being paid by retailers in the large 

 markets: 



PerM 



Uppers $200 . 00 



Bam boards 45 • 00 



Boxboards, round edge 35 • 00 



Logging methods vary with the region. In the New England 

 States and to some extent in New York and Pennsylvania white 

 pine is now confined to woodlots. These the owners log in the 

 winter time using their farm teams. This is the particular region 

 of the portable sawmill. The tracts are small but accessible so 

 that the mill can be readily hauled into the timber and labor can 

 be picked up from the nearby farms. Winter time is preferred 

 both because it is easier to find men then and because of the 

 easier hauling on the snow. The average costs of such an opera- 

 tion were as follows in 1914: 



PerM 



Felling and bucking $1 . 50 



Hauling logs to mill 2 . 00 



MUling 2.50 



Sticking i . 00 



$7.00 



75 to 90 per cent of the output goes into boxboards so that the 

 average price of the lumber at the mill ranged from $14 to $20 

 depending upon the distance from a box factory. Hence the 

 stumpage price ranged from $6 to $10 per M. To this could 

 often be added $1 to $2 from the sale of cordwood cut from the 

 tops. 



In the Lake States and other places where larger bodies of pine 

 are involved the methods are different. The men must be pro- 

 vided for in large camps back long distances from the railroad. 

 Large mills are the rule and this entails either a long haul or a 

 long drive or both. This is the region where the iced road care- 

 fully graded and maintained has been most highly developed. 



