10 BULLETIN 753, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
with reasonable cordwood stumpage prices. Such material should, 
however, not be so used except in cases of emergency, when other 
stumpage can not be secured. It is reasonable that higher prices 
should be paid for stumpage when the area is to be cut clear than 
when only an improvement cutting is to be made, since the latter 
method increases the cost of cutting somewhat and besides takes 
material of the least value, the removal of which is a distinct benefit 
to the forest. In many cases an owner can well afford to give mate- 
rial from improvement cuttings or thinnings to anyone who will 
cut it. 
Average stumpage prices ordinarily range from 50 cents to $1.50 
per cord. 
ESTIMATING STANDING CORDWOOD. 
While cordwood is generally sold on the basis of measurement after 
it is cut and corded up, it is frequently desirable, especially in case 
of buying entire tracts, to estimate the amount of wood while still 
standing. This can be done by methods similar to those used for 
saw timber. Table 51 shows roughly the number of trees of different 
diameters required to make a cord. 
TABLE 5.—Number of trees required to yield 1 cord. 
Hardwoods. 
; . Northern Soft- 
Diameter of tree (breast high, outside bark). Southern 
: (beech | (chestnut,| Woods. 
? | oak, hick- 
BI GRS SEUSS Soe Reed Gon ASU oOo boU dE GuOne oor EBeHoraane soHSanssodéccorasoaca Meeaeeaunee 170) 4) eo eeee sae 
SE EOE SEE a Ae Ania Oot ie aR REE AA Donets oui sue ao Jecceeceeees 90 eee 
BA ARCO Aeon ee aoe A SOE ate Sano coor op anereren ene [base bodadcoomaseuseacass eerie aaiclers 50: isle ees 
35 25 -N(L Ssaees ae 
20 V7) eS eee er 
15 13 20 
il 9 13 
8 7 10 
6 6 8 
5 5 7 
4 4 6 
3.5 3.4 4.5 
3.0 3.0 3.7 
2.5 2.5 3.0 
2.0 2.2 2.5 
1.7 2.0 2.1 
1.5 1.8 1.9 
1.3 1.5 1.6 
1,2 1.3 1.5 
1.0 1.2 1.4 
9 1.1 1.2 
-8 1.0 iat 
ol of 1.0 
The figures given are for trees of average height; allowances 
should be made in case of unusually short or tall timber. 
1‘‘ Measuring and Marketing Woodlot Products,’ Farmers’ Bulletin 715, by W. R. 
Mattoon and W. B. Barrows. 
