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BULLETIN 604, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ESTIMATED STAND. 



In round numbers, the available supply of incense cedar in Cali- 

 fornia is estimated at 10 billion feet board measure, and in Oregon 

 and Nevada combined perhaps 1 billion more, or 11 billion feet in 

 all. Of this, approximately one-half is privately owned, the rest 

 being distributed among the various National Forests, parks, etc. 

 Table 8 gives the estimated stand on the various National Forests in 

 California and Nevada. 



Table 8. — Incense cedar on National Forests. 



National Forest. 



Stanislaus 



Sierra 



Klamath . 

 Sequoia... 

 Plumas. . . 

 Trinity... 



Shasta 



Tahoe 



Lassen 



Estimated 



Per cent 



stand. 



of total. 



Feet, b. m. 





747,232,000 



14.5 



731,177,000 



14.2 



729,710,000 



14.2 



580,008,000 



11.9 



500,000,000 



9.7 



416,578,000 



8.1 



375,918,000 



7.3 



300,000,000 



5.8 



215,000,000 



4.1 



National Forest. 



Eldorado 



California 



Cleveland 



Angeles 



Modoc 



Santa Barbara. 

 Mono 



Estimated 

 stand. 



Feet, b. m. 



200,000,000 



198,660,000 



50,000,000 



47,587,000 



29,850,000 



7,000,000 



550, 000 



Total 5, 129, S76,000 



Per cent 

 of total. 



3.8 



3.8 



1.0. 



.9 



.6 



.1 



STUMPAGE VALUE. 



The stumpage value of incense cedar on private lands, where it is 

 sold with other species for lumber, varies from $2.50 per thousand, 

 for pencil wood and select post material, to 25 cents per thousand. 

 The average price per 1,000 feet board measure received in sales of 

 incense cedar on the National Forests during the past 11 years are 

 as follows: 



1905- 



1906- 

 1907_ 

 1908- 



$0.25 



.45 



.64 



.88 



1909- _. 

 1910_- 

 1911— 

 1912__. 



51. 25 

 1.30 



1.50 

 .92 



1913. 

 1914_ 

 1915_ 



). 60 

 .95 

 .80 



The value of the remaining stand, based on the prevailing stump- 

 age price for incense cedar on National Forests in 1915, amounts to 

 approximately $8,500,000 or $9,000,000. For special uses it is worth 

 at least three times that amount to-day and is bound to become still 

 more valuable in the future as the supply diminishes. 



THE WOOD. 



The wood of incense cedar bears closest resemblance both in gross 

 and minute structure to the bald cypress and western red cedar. It 

 is not likely, however, that incense cedar will be substituted for these 

 woods, so that the question of identity will seldom be raised. 



