UTILIZATION OF ASH, 



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Ash logs for export command an equally high price, which offers 

 an important prospective market for ash grown under forest manage- 

 ment Avhere there is cheap transportation to the coast. 



Table 14 gives the average wholesale price f. o. b. mill for ash lum- 

 ber in various States from 1909 to 1916.^ 



The prices quoted are for one inch (4/4) thick lumber of the firsts 

 and seconds, No. 1 common, and No. 2 common grades, and mill-run 

 values or average prices for all grades produced. 



Table 14. — Average lofiolcsale prices of ash lumber (per 1,000 hoard feet) in 

 various States, Mscd an actual sales made f. o. h. mill for the years 1909- 

 1916. 



State. 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



Alabama: 



Firsts and seconds, 4/4 



$3.5. .50 

 22.17 

 11.09 



$33. 50 

 22. 33" 

 14.32 



§35. 69 

 22 67 

 13.25 



S35. 29 

 21.04 

 10.84 



S42. 44 

 25. 50 

 15.19 

 26.12 



41.49 

 25.00 

 13.67 



$44. 46 

 25. 96 

 15. 08 

 23.50 



41. 08 

 23. 46 

 13. 62 

 22.00 



$44. 50 

 24.50 

 14.83 

 22.25 



39.89 

 26.04 

 11. 74 

 27.98 





No. 2 common, 4/4 









Arkansas: 



Firsts and seconds, 4/4 



36.62 

 21.:il 

 10.91 

 21.10 



27.00 

 30.00 

 21.00 

 20.62 



38.78 

 2.5. 39 

 15. 94 

 23.30 



37.13 

 22.62 

 12.81 

 23.89 



38.01 

 23.41 

 13.52 

 22.44 



35.42 

 20.84 

 10.84 



36.90 

 20.43 

 11.15 

 22.20 



37.50 



35. 94 

 20.12 

 10.93 

 20.60 



36.64 

 21.42 

 11.25 

 20.33 



$40.00 

 26.35 



No. 2 common 4/4 





Mill run 





Connecticut: 



Firsts and seconds, 4/4 





No. i common, 4/4 





24.12 











No. 2 common, 4/4 

















21.49 



40.33 

 25.19 

 IS. 20 

 25.89 



37.73 

 24.93 



21.36 



40.10 

 25.24 

 18.78 

 26.46 



41.25 

 25.00 

 17.38 



17.82 



39.18 

 25.91 

 18.40 

 22.15 











Indiana: 



Firsts and seconds, 4/4 





















No 2 common 4/4 





















Illinois: 



Firsts and seconds, 4/4 . . 













24.67 











No. 2 common, 4/4 











Mill rim : 













Kentucky: 



Firsts and seconds, 4/4 



37.82 

 24.30 

 16.00 

 21.65 



35.50 

 21.12 

 10.47 

 20.57 



38. 05 

 24.17 

 16. .52 

 20.89 



35.15 

 19.32 

 10.27 



39.20 



24.47 

 14.79 

 19.75 



36.30 

 19.74 

 10.87 

 18.67 



46.08 

 29. SO 

 17.36 

 29.41 



32.67 

 18.67 

 9.33 

 22.17 



44.25 

 27.00 

 16.00 

 26.00 



37.00 

 21.62 



11. 88 

 25. 50 



45.17 

 28.17 

 16.67 



37.12 



21.88 

 11.75 

 24.18 



46.00 



No. 1 common, 4/4 



26.00 



No. 2 common, 4/4 , 



16.00 



Mill run 



28.00 



Louisiana: 



Firsts and seconds, 4/4 



38.50 



No. 1 common, 4/4 



23.00 



No. 2 common, 4/4 



13.00 



Mill run 





Massachusetts: 



Firsts and seconds, 4/4 



30.00 





No. 1 common, 4/4 







24.20 





^ 







No. 2 common, 4/4 

















Mill run 



21.63 



36.23 

 22.28 

 12.31 

 25.79 



39.25 

 28.26 

 17.04 

 22.63 



35.98 

 21. 44 

 10. 97 

 29.33 



21.45 



38.48 

 23.19 

 14.10 

 20.25 



38.14 

 27.58 

 25.53 

 22.18 



36. 28 ■ 

 22.70 

 10.80 

 20.50 



21.76 



37.22 

 22.00 

 15.00 

 20.84 



39.66 

 26.71 

 25.42 

 21.87 



35.26 

 20.58 

 10. 56 



24. CO 



18.67 

 "i2.'67" 











Missouri: 



Firsts and seconds, 4/4 . 



43.50 

 29.00 

 17.50 



38.38 

 24.00 

 13.88 

 20.25 



40.38 

 24.46 

 15. 04 

 22.03 



39.75 



No. i common, 4/4 



23.75 



No. 2 common, 4/4 .. . 



13.75 



Mill run. . .-. ■ 



20.00 



Firsts and seconds, 4/4 



39.22 

 26.18 

 17.53 

 20.68 



34.88 

 22.33 

 10.96 



42.00 

 32.00 

 30.44 

 22.25 



37.44 

 22.33 

 10.67 

 32.11 





No. 1 common, 4/4 









No. 2 common, 4/4 



31.52 

 21.34 



40.25 

 24. 62 

 14.00 







Mill run 







Mississippi: 



Firsts and seconds, 4/4 



40.79 

 23.33 

 13.75 

 25.50 



38.33 



No. 1 common, 4/4 



23.00 



No. 2 common, 4/4 



13.00 



Mill run 



30.00 



^ Based on reports of actual sales, received by the Forest Service 

 the largest manufacturers in the different States. 



from a number of 



