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BULLETIN 523, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 13. — Wholesale prices^ of ash tumhcr in important centers of lumber 

 distribtition and utilization. 



[Prices are per 1,000 board feet.j 



Firsts and seconds, 



5 inch&s and up 



wide. 



No. 1 Common, 



4 inches and up 



wide. 





No. 2 Common, 



3 inches and up 



wide. 



No. 3 Common, 



3 inches and up 



wide. 



Boston 



New York 



Buflalo 



Philadelphia, Baltimore, 

 and Washington 



Pittsburgh 



Richmond and Norfolk 



Knoxville 



Nashville 



Louisville 



Cincinnati 



Evansville 



Chicago and Indianapolis . . 



Detroit, Cleveland, and 

 Grand Eapids 



V/ausau, Wis 



St. Paul and Minneapolis... 



St. Louis 



Kansas Cit j- 



Denver " 



Los Angeles, San Francisco, 

 and Seattle 



Cairo and Thebes 



Memphis , 



Nev/ Orleans , 



353. 50 

 53. 00 

 49.50 



52.00 

 49. 50 

 49. 00 

 42.00 



42. 00 

 45. 00 

 40. 00 

 45.50 

 47. 50 



49.00 



43. 50 

 60.00 

 45. 00 

 46. 50 

 45.00 



63. 50 



44. 00 

 41.00 

 44.00 



$65. 00 

 64. 50 

 61.00 



63. 50 

 61.00 

 60. 00 

 53. 50 

 53. 50 



56. 00 



57. 50 

 57.00 

 59.00 



60.50 

 64.00 

 61.50 

 66.50 

 58.00 

 66.50 



75. 00 

 55.50 

 52. 50 

 65,50 



S79. SO 

 79.00 

 75.60 



78.00 

 75.50 

 75.00 

 67.00 

 68. 00 

 75.00 

 72.00 

 71.50 

 73.50 



75.00 

 69.50 

 76.00 

 71. 00 

 72.50 

 8L00 



89.50 

 70.00 

 67.00 

 70.00 



$38. 50 

 38.00 

 36.50 



37.00 

 34. 50 

 33.00 

 28.00 

 27.00 

 30.00 

 31.50 

 30.50 

 32.50 



33.00 

 28.50 

 35.00 

 30.00 

 3L50 

 40.00 



29. 00 

 26. 00 

 29.00 



S44. 00 

 43. 50 

 40.00 



42.50 

 40.00 

 38.50 

 32.50 

 32.50 

 35.00 

 36. 50 

 36. 00 

 38.00 



39.50 

 34.00 

 40.50 

 35.50 

 37.00 

 45.60 



$57. 00 .?29. 50 .?30. 50 S35. 50 

 56.50 29.00 30.00 35.00 

 63.00 25.50 26.50 3L50 



55.50 

 53.00 

 51.50 

 45. 00 

 45. 50 

 46.00 

 51.50 

 49.00 

 49.00 



52.00 

 47.00 

 53. 50 

 46. 50 

 50.00 

 60.50 



28.00 

 25.50 

 25.00 

 18.00 

 18.00 

 18. 00 

 22.00 

 21.50 

 23..50 



25.00 

 19. 50 

 25.00 

 21.00 

 22. 50 

 31.00 



33. 50 

 31.50 

 34.50 



48.50, 20.00 

 42. 50; 17.00 

 47.50, 20.00 



29.00 

 28.60 

 20.00 

 19.00 

 19.00 

 23.00 

 23. 00 

 22.50 

 24.50 



26.00 

 19. 50 

 27.00 

 22.00 

 23. 50 

 32.00 



34. 00 

 31.50 

 31.00 



23. 50 



24. 00 

 28.00 

 28. 00 

 27.50 

 29.50 



31.00 

 26.50 

 32.00 

 29.50 

 28. 50 

 37.00 



S21.50 

 21.00 

 17.50 



17.00 

 17.50 

 17.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 12.00 

 14.00 

 13.50 

 15.50 



17.00 

 11.50 

 17.00 

 13. 00 

 14.50 



S22. 50 ?24. 50 

 22.00 24.00 

 18.50 20.50 



17.00 

 18. 50 

 18.00 

 11.00 

 11.00 

 13.00 

 16.00 

 14.50 

 16.60 



18.00 

 12.50 

 19.00 

 14.00 

 15. 50 



21.00 26.00 

 IS.OO! 23.00 

 2L00, 26.00 



12.00 

 9.00 

 12.00 



13. 00 

 10.00 

 13.60 



20.00 

 20.60 

 20.00 

 13.00 

 13.00 

 16.00 

 17.00 

 16.60 

 18.60 



20.00 

 14.60 

 21.00 

 10.00 

 17.50 



16.00 

 12.00 

 16.00 



1 Figures taken from the market report of Sept. 16, 1916, of the Lumberman's Biu-eau, Washington, D. C. 

 These piices claim to represent actual selling prices in the principal markets of lumber in car lots to the 

 retail and factory trade. 



The f. o. b. value of properly manufactured and graded ash lum- 

 ber at any particular mill is the difference between its wholesale 

 value at the nearest city in the list given in the table and the whole- 

 saler's profit and expenses — the latter chiefly freight. In some cases 

 the f. o. b. mill value should be more, as where the timbers can be 

 marketed locally or at a point with a lower freight rate than to any 

 given in the list or where the wholesaler's profit can be eliminated. 



Small second-growth ash logs which would not cut a high per 

 cent of upper grades are often worth more f. o. b. mill for shipment 

 to some factory for special uses, such as for handles of all kinds, 

 than if manufactured into graded lumber. In Ohio such logs to be 

 used for handles are worth from $30 to $40 per 1,000 feet log scale 

 delivered at factory, which admits of a $15 to $35 value per 1,000 

 board feet for logs f. o. b. local station for material too small in 

 diameter to cut out more than a very small per cent of upper grades. 

 In Arkansas from $15 to $20, and in Virginia $40, is paid for ash 

 logs for handles, delivered at the factories. 



