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BULLETIN 909, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 



wood do not apply. Standard thicknesses for walnut are as follows 

 (in inches) : i, f, J, f , |, 1, 1£, H, If, 2, 2J, 3, SJ, 4, 44, 5, 5|, and 6. 



As walnut logs are generally not purchased 

 according to certain specified grades, the 

 prices for logs of different size and quality 

 are quite indefinite. The value of each log is, 

 as a rule, determined by the log buyer. 



The representative prices of Arkansas logs, 

 on the track at Kansas City, in 1913, based on 

 a freight rate of 20 cents, or about $18 to $20 

 a thousand board feet, are shown in Table 7. 

 The average shipment brought about $60 

 a thousand feet, which is approximately the 

 average price for 20-inch logs. Just before the war walnut logs were 

 costing the large walnut operators between $50 and $60 a thousand 

 board feet, on the average, at the factory. 



The prices paid for several years past by one firm for three differ- 

 ent grades of walnut logs at the factory are given in Table 8 : 



Table 8. 



Diameter (inches). 



Price, 

 1,000 board 



feet. 



12 to 13 



$25 

 35 

 45 

 57 

 65 

 85 

 110 

 145 



14 to 15 



16 to 17 



18 to 19 



20 to 21/ 



22 to 23 



24 to 25 



26 to 27 



28 and up 



210 



Diameter (inches). 



No. 1 

 (practically 

 clear, gen- 

 erally 16 

 inches and 

 over). 



No. 2 

 (medium 

 quality). 



No. 3 



(poor 

 quality). 



10 to 14 



$50 

 55 

 60 

 70 

 SO 

 90 

 105 

 115 



$35 

 40 



45 

 50 

 55 

 60 

 75 

 85 



$25 



15 to 17 



30 



18 to 20 



33 



21 to 22 



35 



23 to 24 



40 



25 to 26 



45 



26 to 28 



50 





55 







During the war, in order to make more timber available, higher 



prices were paid for walnut logs than had been paid before. The 



War Industries Board of the Council of National Defense drew up 



a schedule of fair prices for walnut logs and stump age as shown 



in Table 9 : 



Table 0. 



Diameter (inches). 



Prices of black walnut 

 logs, 8 feet long and 

 over, f. o. b. cars at 

 railroad. 



Equivalent value for 

 standing timber. 





Minimum, 



1,000 board 



feet. 



Maximum, 



1,000 board 



feet. 



Minimum, 



1,000 board 



feet. 



Maximum, 



1,000 board 



feet. 



12 to 14 



$45 

 55 

 65 

 75 

 85 

 95 

 105 

 115 

 125 

 135 



$55 

 65 

 75 

 85 

 95 

 105 

 115 

 125 

 135 

 150 



$20 

 30 

 40 

 50 

 60 

 70 

 80 

 90 

 100 

 110 



$35 



15 to 16 



45 



17 to 18 



50 



19 to 20 



60 



21 to 22 



70 



23 to 24 



80 



25 to 26 



90 



27 to 28 



100 



29 to 30 



110 



31 and up 



120 







