UTILIZATION OF BLACK WALNUT. 



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Table 14.— Average wholesale prices per 1,000 board feet of different cabinet 

 woods for different years and quarter-years, based on J f /4-inch, No. 1 common 

 grade at Chicago. 



Walnut. 



Red gum. 



Plain 

 white oak. 



Birch. 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915..... 



1916 



1917: 



First quarter. . . 



Second quarter. 



Third quarter.. 



Fourth quarter 

 1918: 



First quarter. . . 



Second quarter. 



Third quarter . . 



Fourth quarter 

 1919: 



First quarter. . . 



Second quarter. 



Third quarter.. 



Fourth quarter. 

 1920: 



First quarter. . . 



Second quarter. 



$55. 57 

 57.75 

 57.22 

 56.00 

 60.75 



59.67 

 57.00 

 62.00 

 65.33 



65.67 

 65.17 

 67.50 

 67.50 



67.50 

 68.17 

 84. 00 

 110. 17 



175. 50 

 205.83 



$26. 18 

 24.91 

 22.40 

 21.71 

 26.38 



30.00 

 33.67 

 38.00 

 37.67 



39.00 

 39.67 

 42.50 

 41.83 



40.67 

 45.00 

 73.00 

 90.50 



157. 17 

 156. 33 



$33. 11 

 37.95 

 34.60 

 32.33 

 35.12 



35.67 

 37.67 

 40.33 

 37.00 



40.33 

 41.83 

 46.67 

 46.67 



46.67 

 51.00 

 72.33 



85.67 



133. 00 

 153. : 3 



$25. 00 

 28. 50 

 26.70 

 25.00 

 27.71 



30.67 

 37.33 

 40.67 

 39.33 



36.00 

 38.50 

 40.50 

 40.50 



38.50 

 37.83 

 48.50 

 56.33 



115. 00 

 148. 33 



METHODS AND COST OF LOGGING. 



Because of the scattered growth, methods of logging walnut timber 

 differ from those employed for timber found in large quantities. 

 Walnut is often cut by the owner and hauled to the railroad ; some- 

 times it is cut and hauled by a local representative of the mill pur- 

 chasing it or by the independent buyer with his own teams or truck. 

 Hauling logs by large automobile trucks long distances to the rail- 

 road or mill is becoming quite a common practice. Large mills 

 sometimes employ a regular corps of logging crews, trucks, and 

 teams, which cover different walnut areas systematically, picking up. 

 all available walnut timber as they go. During the war some firms 

 covered the ground very thoroughly; at first they sent out men toi 

 locate suitable timber, then they sent buyers to purchase it, and later 

 they sent cutters, teams, and trucks to fell it and load it at the 

 railroad or to haul it to the mill if that was not too far distant. Some 

 firms that do their own logging have trucks specially equipped with 

 cables and windlass, with which logs may be dragged out of steep 

 gullies and other difficult places and loaded. Three hundred board 

 feet of average-sized logs weigh about 2,500 pounds and are consid- 

 ered a large wagonload. A motor truck should carry up to four 

 times that amount and make much more frequent trips. 



As walnut splits somewhat easily it is necessary to exercise unusual 

 care in felling the tree, especially if there is a large crotch, for the 

 split may extend a long distance below the fork into the large trunk 

 and cause considerable loss. 



