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In Europe timber prices have increased for one hundred years 

 past, they have practically doubled between 1830 and 1890, but have 

 remained rather constant since that time. 



The following figures from Endre's Forst Politik, p. 120, will 

 illustrate changes in price of timber sold from state forests in Ger- 

 many. 



Average price in dollars per 100 cubic feet solid, paid in the 

 state forests .of: 



These prices were paid for the timber cut or cut and piled, in 

 part at least, skidded to the road, i. e., in the form in which the tim- 

 ber is usually sold by the authorities. Log timber is usually sold full 

 length, cordwood is piled in the usual way. 



Prices for pine in eastern Prussia in sound clean sticks contain- 

 ing thirty-five cubic feet or more according to Schwappach, 1908, 

 p. 143, are $13 to $1540 per TOO cubic feet solid, or about $16 to $19 

 per thousand feet b.m. actual stumpage. For spruce, Schwappach 

 gives the folowtng prices: 



Logs class I $20.40 per M. feet bm. stumpage 



Logs class IT 19.20 per M. feet bm. stumpage 



Logs class III iS.Soper M k feet bm. stumpage 



For oak in Prussian state forests the same author gives prices 

 as follow for logs cut and skidded : 



Logs over 24 inch diameter $42 per 100 cubic feet or $53 per M. feet bm. 

 Logs 20-24 inch diameter 35 per 100 cubic feet or 44 per M. feet bm. 



Logs 16-20 inch diameter 28 per 100 cubic feet or 35 per M. feet bm. 



Logs 12-16 inch diameter 17 per 100 cubic feet or 22 per M. feet bm. 



For beech saw timber Schwappach uses the average price of $7 

 per 100 cubic feet or $8.90 per M feet stumpage for north Germany 



