UTILIZATION OF ASH. 



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Table 19. — Proportion of different f/rades evt from white ash trees of different 

 diameters, from comparaiirely straight and soiind trees vnder 15 years old, 

 and value f. o. &. miU of the himher whieh eould be produced from them. 





Diameter breast high. 



Grades of lumber. 



F. 0. b. 



mill value 

 board teet. 



per 1,000 





Firsts 



and 



seconds. 



No. 1 

 common. 



No. 2 

 common. 



No. 3 

 common. 



High. 



Average. 



Low. 



8 



Inches. 





Per cent. 

 53 

 51 

 47 

 42 

 42 

 39 

 36 



Per cent. 

 34 

 41 

 40 

 30 

 22 

 19 

 15 



Per cent. 

 13 

 7 

 G 

 6 

 7 

 7 

 6 



S29. 00 

 29. 75 

 31.55 

 36.30 

 38.65 

 40. 75 

 42. 75 



S24.00 

 24.70 

 26.20 

 29.20 

 32.20 

 33.70 

 35.90 



$19.00 



10 



1 

 7 

 22 

 29 

 35 

 43 



19.65 



12 



20.85 



14 



24.10 



16 



25.75 



18 



26. 95 



20 



28.75 







Stated in general terms, the mill-run value of second-growth ash 

 from comparatively straight and sound trees of all three commercial 

 species ranges about as follows: 





Size or trees 



in diameter breast high. 



Value f. 0. b. mill per 1,000 

 board feet of lumber. 





Low. 



Average. 



High. 



7-11 inches 



$20 

 24 

 28 



$24 

 29 

 34 



$29 



12-16 inclies - 



36 



17-21 inches 



40 







Taking $14 as an average cost for logging and milling, allowing 

 20 per cent for profit, and using the average values given above, 

 would give average stumpage values as follows: 



Size of trees 

 in diameter 

 breast high. 



Average 



stumpage 



value per 



1,000 board 



fest. 



7-11 inches... 

 12-16 inclies . . 

 17-21 inches.. 



$7.26 

 12.20 

 17.20 



Probably a record price for ash stumpage was paid in 1913 in 

 east-central Illinois (near the Indiana line) when $32 per thousand 

 board feet was paid for a quarter million feet of old-growth white 

 ash, while on the same tract $125 per thousand board feet was paid 

 for black walnut, $24.75 for white oak, and $18.05 for hickory. 



SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT POINTS. 



Ash lumber is an extremely valuable wood for special uses. The 

 supply of standing ash timber is becoming limited, and to maintain 

 enough to meet the demand commercial growing of ash is necessary. 



