98 LODGEPOLE PINE TYPE 



Man hours Horse hours 



Felling and bucking 4 



To mill 7 IS 



Milling .-, 4 



15 IS 



Land Values. — Most lodgepole land is too rough to be tilled so 

 that its main value is for the production of timber. For this pur- 

 pose alone it will not pay a profit but a combination of timber 

 raising, grazing and watershed protection does yield well. 



Where the land is not too rough and steep to till and irrigate 

 it commands the same prices as raw yellow pine land, $5 to $10 

 per acre, and has the same productive capacity. 



For grazing it is not so valuable because the shade of lodgepole 

 pine stands does not permit the more valuable grasses to thrive. 

 Hence, only so called " weeds " are found in this type and they 

 are not palatable except to sheep. Five acres are needed to 

 keep a full grown ewe or wether during the summer which means 

 a value of about $2 per acre. 



Titles. — • Titles are in all respects similar to those in the yellow 

 pine type except that the land is less liable to have been surveyed 

 because of its greater inaccessibihty. 



