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WHITE PINE TYPE 



There it costs three man hours and three team hours per M ( | 

 mile haul) where a small mill is employed. Milling is likewise 

 less expensive, 3^ man hours per M in the portable mill and four 

 in the large one exclusive of planing, dry kilning, etc. 



For hemlock stumpage prices there are the data made avail- 

 able in Frothingham's bulletin on the eastern hemlock (Bulletin 

 152, U. S. Forest Service). They may be summarized as follows: 



By comparison with the figures for white pine it will be seen that 

 hemlock is from 68 to 28 per cent less than white pine but has 

 increased during the period from 1889 and 191 2 between 200 and 

 300 per cent which is essentially the same rate at which white 

 pine stumpage prices have advanced. In other words while 

 hemlock has fewer uses than white pine, and hence a lower value, 

 its stumpage has kept pace with that of pine but on a lower level. 

 The logging and manufacture of hemlock differs little in method 

 from that of white pine. It is, however, a heavier and harder 

 wood and does not float so readily. Hence the cost of getting 

 it out of the woods and thru the mill is at least 15 per cent greater. 

 Unfortunately too its sale value as lumber is low because of the 

 rather limited uses to which it can be put. It is generally only 

 used for boxes, framing, and inside finish if carefully selected. Its 

 main competitors are southern yellow pine and Douglas fir, both 

 of which are more durable, and spruce which is easier to work. 

 Consequently its sale value has always been low. At present 

 (1920) the following prices were being paid in the Boston whole- 

 sale market: 



Per M 



Hemlock frames, 8 inches and under (estimated) $45 . 00 



Hemlock boards planed and clipped 40. 00 



Hemlock boards 30 . 00 



