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good "second growth" are exceptional. Stumpage on the National 

 Forests in Michigan is sold for as much as $12 per thousand, and will 

 undoubtedly go still higher. 



The better grades of Norway pine, when sold as such, bring less in 

 the open market than do similar grades of white pine, but below the 

 No. 1 grade in dimension or No. 2 in inch lumber the two species 

 bring the same. Norway pine is seldom, if ever, quoted separately 

 in lumber price lists. Even in high grades it is often sold indis- 

 criminately with white pine, and so- brings the same price. As a 

 general rule, therefore, the prices quoted for white pine can be taken 

 as those for Norway as well. Average mill-run prices for white pine 

 in Minnesota and Wisconsin during the last quarter of 1913 were as 

 follows : 



Selects C and better $56. 00 



Shop, No. 1, 8/4 48. 49 



Shop, No. 3, 5/4 22. 87 



Bevel side 24. 42 



Timber, No. 1, 2 inches by 4 inches by 16 feet 20. 33 



Boards: 



No. 2 22. 83 



No. 3 21. 00 



No. 4 16. 66 



Fencing, No. 2 25. 36 



MARKETS. 



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With the decrease in the supply of white pine lumber, Norway 

 pine is certain to come more and more into demand. A glance at the 

 list of uses given below for which Norway pine is adapted shows its 

 commercial possibilities. In the investigation of the Wisconsin 

 wood-using industries the Forest Service found that approximately 

 7,500,000 feet of Norway pine, valued at $124,000, was annually used 

 in that State alone, of which 84 per cent was logged within the State. 

 A similar study in Minnesota showed an annual consumption in that 

 State of over two and one-half million dollars worth of Norway pine, 

 costing on the average $15.74 per thousand board feet. 



Norway pine is adapted for most of the uses to which white pine 

 is put. It was first cut in Maine and Canada for shipbuilding mate- 

 rial, such as decking, planking, spars, and masts. 1 It is used locally 

 for bridges, though it is distinctly inferior to longleaf pine and Doug- 

 las fir for the purpose. Perhaps it is in widest demand for dimension 

 stuff and for ordinary house construction. The lower grades and 

 smaller sizes are consumed largely by the box trade for crates and 



1 For further details regarding early uses of Norway pine, see Forest Service Bulletin £9, " Uses of Com- 

 mercial Woods in the United States: Pines," by Hu Maxwell and Yv'illiam L. Hall. 



