﻿FOREST MANAGEMENT OF LOBLOLLY PINE. 



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and in case either of the teams becomes stalled. It takes about an 

 hour to load and unload a wagon. When more than one trip a day 

 is made, 20 cents per trip (10 cents per thousand) extra should be 

 added for additional labor to assist in loading. Taking the above 

 figures as a basis, the cost of hauling different distances is as follows: 



Table 7. -Cost of hauling lumber, including loading and unloading. 



Distance of mill from ruil- 

 road or local market. 



16 miles 

 12 miles 

 8 miles. 

 6 miles. 

 4 miles. 

 2\ miles 

 II miles 

 lmile.. 



Number of trips under average 

 conditions. 



1 trip in 2 days. 



2 trips in 3 days 



1 trip daily 



3 trips in 2 days 



2 trips daily 



3 trips daily 



4 trips daily 



5 trips daily 



Hauling cost per M b. f. 



Cost of 



team, $5 



minimum. 



$5. 00 

 3.75 

 2.50 

 1.67 

 1.33 

 1.00 

 .87 

 .83 



Cost of 

 team, $6 

 average. * 



4.50 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 1.60 

 1.20 

 1.05 

 1.00 



Cost of 



team, $7 



maximum. 



$7.00 

 5.25 

 3.50 

 2.33 

 1.87 

 1.40 

 1.13 

 1.17 



Total Cost op Lumber. 



Combining the average costs given in Tables 6 and 7 gives Table 

 8, which shows the average total cost of producing lumber at different 

 distances from the railroad or local markets. 



Table 8. — Cost of producing loblolly pine lumber, per thousand board feet. 



16 miles $12. 00 



12 miles 10.50 



8 miles 9.00 



6 miles 8.00 



4 miles $7. 60 



2 miles 7. 20. 



1 mile 7.00 



The cost of producing North Carolina pine in southeastern Virginia 

 for the general lumber market by moderate-sized mills varies much 

 less with the distance of the timber from the railroad than in the case 

 of small portable mills. The larger mills are located on a railroad or 

 on water affording facilities for direct transportation to the general 

 market, and use narrow-gauge railroads, locally called trams, for 

 transporting logs from the woods to the mill. These mills have a 

 usual capacity of about 15,000 feet per day, and an actual output of 

 from 2 to 3 million feet a year. Where small portable mills can 

 profitably be set up for a cutting of only 50,000 feet, a moderate- 

 sized mill with tram and dry kiln requires a stand of 2 million or more 

 feet to be logged to the mill at a single point. The cost of producing 

 North Carolina pine in southeastern Virginia by moderate-sized 

 mills where there is a cut of 5 million feet accessible to one set-up is 

 given in Table 9. For larger cuts from one setting of mill and tram 

 the cost of tramming and milling would be less. 



