﻿16 BULLETIN 11, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGEICULTUEE. 



Table 9. — Cost of producing North Carolina pine lumber in southeastern Virginia. 



Item. 



Tramming distance in miles. 



1 



2 



4 



6 



8 



12 



16 



Cutting and logging to tram, including load- 



$3.00 

 .50 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 



$3.00 



.70 



4.00 



1.00 



1.00 



$3.00 

 1.10 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 



$3.00 

 1.50 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 



$3.00 

 1.90 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 



$3.00 

 2.70 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 



$3.00 





3.50 



Milling, including kiln-drying and loading 



4.00 

 1.00 



Freight 3 



1.00 







Total 



9.50 



9.70 



10.10 



10.50 



10.90 



11.70 



12.50 







1 Cost oi logging within half mile of tram, including cutting, hauling, and loading on cars, is figured at 

 $4 per 1,000, Doyle scale, which amounts to $3 or less mill cut. 



2 $750 per mile (15 cents per 1,000 board feet hauled) is allowed for cost of laying tram and depreciation 

 in value of rails, the latter item being insignificant; and 5 cents per 1,000 board feet allowed for each 

 additional mile of tram for increased cost of maintenance and operation. 



3 Cost of lumbering is figured 1. o. b. Norfolk or to the nearest point on the railroad that will have an 

 equally low freight rate to the general market. On an average, for mills in southeastern Virginia, this 

 will add about $1 per 1,000 board feet to the cost of North Carolina pine lumber. 



VALUE OF STANDING TIMBER. 



The stump age value or price which a lumber contractor can afford 

 to pay for standing timber represents the difference between the 

 f. o. b. railroad values for lumber and the cost of production. By 

 subtracting from the values given in Table 4 the costs given in 

 Table 8 we obtain the figures given in Table 10, which shows the 

 present stumpage value of standing timber in the Delaware-Maryland- 

 Virginia peninsula at different distances from the railroad. 



Table 10. — Value of standing loblolly pine per 1,000 board feet to be cut into boards and 



in flitch. 



Distance. 



1 inch 

 square- 

 edged 

 boards 

 (ungraded). 



Flitch. 



* 



Distance. 



1 inch 

 square- 

 edged 

 boards 

 (ungraded). 



Flitch. 





$1.50 

 3.00 

 4.50 

 5.50 







$5.90 

 6.30 

 6.50 



$2.40 









2.80 





$1.00 

 2.00 





3.00 













This table represents pretty well the value of standing loblolly 

 pine in most of the area under consideration. Timber of sufficient 

 size to make first-class mine props and within 1 to 2 miles of the 

 railroad in the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia peninsula commands 

 slightly higher stumpage prices for props than is given above for 

 lumber. Many cases can be found, furthermore, of $5 being paid 

 for stumpage as far as 8 miles from the railroad, so that above values 

 may be considered fairly conservative. 



The average value, by grades, of standing loblolly pine at different 

 distances from the railroad in the region where the timber is to be 

 sold to the general market as North Carolina pine is shown in Table 11. 



