3634 



300 



Chapter 29 



250 



200 



150 



100 



50 



PRICE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 



NO. I AND NO. 2 COMMON 4/4 LUMBER 



ASH SP., APPALACHIAN TOUGH 

 RED OAK SP.. APPALACHIAN PLAIN 

 SOFT MAPLE, APPALACHIAN 

 TUPELO SR, SOUTHERN 



I960 



1965 



1970 



1975 



1980 



Figure 29-43C. — Price difference between No. 1 and No. 2 Common 4/4 ash, soft maple, 

 red oak sp., and tupelo sp. lumber f.o.b. sawmill, 1960-1978. (Data from Luppold 

 1981, p. 5; derived from hardwood lumber market reports.) 



2,500 



O 2,000 



N 



O) 1,500 



5 1,000 

 5 500 



1976 



1980 



1985 



1990 



1995 



2000 



2005 



Figure 29-44. — Predicted hardwood lumber price index in the United States, under three 

 sets of assumed conditions; see figure 29-17 for definitions of conditions A, B, and C, 

 1979-2005. (Drawing after Luppold 1981, p. 93.) 



