310 FEATURES OF FRENCH NATIONAL FOREST ADMINISTRATION 



TABLE 24. — COMPARISON OF PRE-WAR AND WAR STUMPAGE 

 PRICES" FOR SAW TIMBER PAID BY THE A. E. F. 



Regi( 



Vosges .... 



Jura 



Central 



Plateau. 

 Ivandes . . . 

 C^vennes. 

 Brittany. . 

 Allier 



C^vennes. 

 Brittany . . 

 Allier.*... 

 War Zone. 



Chief of species 



Conifer 

 Spruce. 

 Fir 



Fir 



Maritime pine. 



^Scotch pine. . . 



Broadleaves — 



Oak — beech, 



Average 

 pre-war 

 prices, 

 francs 

 per cubic 

 meter 



15 



30 to 45 



Approximate 

 dollars per 

 thousand 



14.00 



12.75 



11.45 

 9.30 



12.70 



24 to 36 



Average war prices 

 1918-19 



Francs 



per cubic 



meter 



Approximate 

 dollars per 

 thousand 



34.75 



37.00 



23.50 

 24.00 

 28.00 

 28.70 

 25.50 



47 to 32 



"Based on data collected by the American Delegate, Interallied Timber Executive 

 Committee, Paris, France. 



* Chiefly Haute-Marne, Meuse. In this connection see the stumpage rates given on 

 p. 320, Chapter XL 



It is especially with hardwood logs that the price per cubic meter 



varying length, width, and thickness according to local species and market; (6) "Bois de 

 fente" cooperage stock, etc. 



As an illustration of French lumber grades the following "Sciages du Jura" 

 is given: 



