THE EASTERN HEMLOCK. 



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Table 3 gives the average mill-run value per thousand board feet 

 of hemlock lumber in different States for years for which census figures 

 are available. 



Table 3. — Average value -per thousand board feet of hemlock lumber, by years and States. 



State. 



Value of lumber per 1,000 board feet. 



1912 



1911 



1910 



1909 



1908 



1907 



1906 



1904 



1899 



Northeastern group: 



S14.53 

 15.08 

 15.59 



S14.64 

 14.89 

 14.65 

 16.51 

 15.50 

 15.54 



12.44 

 13.03 



14.33 

 13.75 

 14.66 

 12.36 

 11.89 

 11.08 



$15. 87 

 14.99 

 14.96 

 16.59 

 16.68 

 17.08 



12.51 

 12.25 



14.94 

 11.25 

 14.69 

 12.27 

 10.57 

 9.73 



S14. 03 

 15.02 

 14.38 

 15.59 

 16.70 

 17.56 



11.86 

 12.06 



12.97 

 13.02 

 14.81 

 13.31 

 13.64 

 11.61 



$13. 75 

 13.98 

 14.95 

 13.39 

 15.00 

 16.29 



12.02 

 12.34 



14.53 

 12.71 

 13.68 

 13.02 

 11.76 

 12.07 



$15. 37 

 15.49 

 16.04 

 15.84 

 20.00 

 16.42 



14.79 

 14.60 



16.63 

 13.86 

 15.56 

 14.65 

 13.72 

 12.29 



$14. 76 

 14.85 

 16.51 

 14.88 

 19.00 

 17.16 



13.40 

 14.43 



15.69 

 14.49 

 16.12 

 12.64 

 13.99 

 13.14 



$11. 66 

 11.72 

 12.54 

 13.28 

 13.96 

 12.65 



11.22 

 11.07 



12.98 

 13.51 

 11.52 

 11.23 

 11.85 

 9.51 



S10. 83 





10.70 

 10.19 





11.84 





15.98 

 15.41 



13.19 

 13.00 



11.10 





10.46 



Lake group: 



9.00 





9.37 



Southern group: 



7.98 







9.95 





14.64 



8.29 





9.05 







8.97 







9.87 











13.59 



13.85 



13.95 



13.65 



15. 53 



15.31 



11.91 



9.98 









From table 3 it will be seen that the value of hemlock lumber has 

 fluctuated from year to year, both locally and for the country as a 

 whole. The price was highest in 1907, and the effect of this upon 

 stumpage values during the subsequent years is shown elsewhere in 

 this bulletin. There are, of course, local deviations from the average 

 values given for a State. In central Wisconsin, for example, an aver- 

 age price of about $15.40 per thousand board feet, mill run, prevailed 

 in December, 1912. Apportioned by grades this amounted to $17.50 

 per thousand for No. 1, $15.50 for No. 2, and $10.50 for No. 3 lumber. 

 During 1911 average prices of $15.40, $12.65, and $7.44 per thousand, 

 respectively, were received for the same grades by one large firm in 

 the same region. Compared with these values the prices paid for 

 hemlock logs are high. Prices paid by operators at Wausau, Wis., 

 are about as follows: 



Length of 

 logs. 



Winter of — 



1912-13 



1911-12 



1910-11 



Feet. 

 12 to 14 

 16 to 16 

 18 to 20 

 22 to 24 



$9.50 

 10.00 

 10.50 

 11.00 



$7.50 

 8.00 

 8.50 

 9.00 



$8.00 

 8.50 

 9.00 

 9.50 



The logs were scaled by the Scribner "Decimal C." rule. 

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