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BULLETIN 285, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Table 11. — Comparative stum-page values per 1,000 board feet of the more important 

 species of the northern hardwood region: 1912. 



[From reports of sales collected by the Forest Service, Office of Industrial Investigations.] 



Species. 



North- 

 eastern 

 States.i 



Lake 

 States. 2 



Southern 

 States.a 



Species. 



North- 

 eastern 



States.i 



Lake 

 States .2 



South- 

 ern 

 States.3 



Maple 



85.98 

 5.61 

 4.38 

 8.40 



S4.58 

 4.85 

 3.67 

 6.30 



S3. 45 

 3.33 



2.86 

 4.92 



Elm 



S8.40 

 9.03 



S. 44 



So. 87 

 5.82 

 m so 



S3. 41 

 6 16 



Birch 



Ash 



Beech 





3 91 



Basswood 



Hemlock 



6. 28 a 78 



2.62 













1 Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. 



2 Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. -. . 



s Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina. 



While the figures in Table 11 are based on many reports of actual 

 sales of stump age, they are of practical value only in showing the 

 general tendency of prices in these regions. 



Table 12. — Average stumpage values of northern hardwoods for 1907 and 1912. 



Species and year. 



Maple: 



1907... 



1912... 

 Birch: 



1907... 



1912... 

 Beech: 



1907... 



1912... 

 Basswood: 



1907... 



1912... 

 Elm: 



1907... 



1912... 

 Ash: 



1907... 



1912... 



Northeastern States. 



Aver- 

 age of 

 five 



States. 



$4. 37i™ 

 5. 34 <» 



4. 90i6i 

 5.44261 



3. 67i" 



4.28 2 63 



6. 68'27 



7.682« 



4. 74'6 



5.401M 



7. 991^ 

 8.352M 



Maine. 



S4. 30=5 

 4.8456 



4. 78-o 

 4.8965 



4. 3S2i 



4.3152 



6.04« 



3.00' 



3. 7126 



6.3S26 

 6.6056 



New 



Hamp- 

 shire. 



4625 

 2133 



.5026 



.6733 



3922 



3131 



2518 



5623 



.65io 

 •258 



2022 

 8526 



Ver- 

 mont. 



S3. 22® 



4.2829 



3. 5231 



4.8127 



2.7225 

 3.5029 



4.962' 

 6.9025 



4.0715 

 4.25 12 



6.2928 

 7.4823 



New 

 York. 



S4. 8428 

 6.00 s i 



5. 6324 



6.1469 



3. 0225 

 4. 55" 



8. 3121 



8.51^ 



5. OTi-i 



6.1756 



8.9123 



8.97" 



Penn- 

 syl- 

 vania. 



S4. 746-i 

 5.37'«> 



4.25^ 



4.28" 



7.59" 

 8.1461 



5.3530 

 5. 933i 



9.1555 

 8.80" 



North Central States. 



Aver- 

 age of 

 two 



States. 



S7. 55S9 

 7. 68169 



6.504 

 4.05» 



5. 80* 



6. 10163 



10. 2154 

 11.43102 



7.4289 

 8.59154 



14. 19» 

 15.51 



Ohio. 



$7. 19^5 

 7.4286 



4.705 



5.3638 

 6. 15'8 



9.5927 

 11.5959 



7.1137 



9.43" 



13. 0139 



15.87's 



Indi- 

 ana. 



S7. 7*54 

 7.9483 



6.504 

 3.506 



6.1056 



6.0685 



10.&327 



11.22« 



7. 6452 

 7. 78« 



15. 1150 



15.2391 





Southern Appalachian States. 



Species and year. 



Average 

 of six 

 States. 



Mary- 

 land. 



Vir- 

 ginia. 



Wesl 

 Vir- 

 ginia. 



Ken- 

 tucky. 



Tennes- 

 see. 



North 

 Caro- 

 lina. 



Maple: 



1907 



$2. *7'f' ! 

 3. 68133 



2. 4753 

 2.81'o 



2. 24105 

 •2.1-2 ■■ 



3. 75" 



4.1682 



3.0453 



8.61" 



5. 50i<» 



S3. 14' 

 5.3116 



3.173 

 4.059 



3.905 

 8. 38'3 



4. 50 3 

 4.504 



4.502 

 1 . 56 



6.42« 

 7.899 



S2.71M 

 2.705 



2. 7.V 

 3.00' 



2.619 

 2. 12- 



3. 33« 

 6. 88 



2. 1 7« 

 2.(17 



■1. .".]■■" 

 6.063 



2.7S" 



2.422« 

 2.86' 



1.67 



1.839 



3. 91" 

 III 



8. 001 



8.85' 



83. H-" 



1.01 ' 



2. 2.V 

 8.00 



2. 11 - 

 8. 31" 



1.68 



1. 09-- 



6. 38 - 

 5.98 1 



3.S1- 



2.305 

 2.31- 



2.36" 

 2. 16 



1.01 --• 



1.22 



2.80* 



6.01 





1912 



3.0949 



Birch: 



1907 



2.29' 



1912 



2. 70-4 



Beech: 



1907 



2.0T)i 



L912 



2.27-' 



1 >od: 

 1907 



1.676 



1912 



8.80* 



Elm: 



1907 





1912'. 



8. 705 



Ash: 



1907 



3.2322 



1912 



4.28« 







