THE ASHES : THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND MANAGEMENT. 



35 



Ash stumpage, especially small second-growth trees conveniently 

 located, will very often be worth more if made into handles (PI. 

 XII), baseball bats, oars, etc., than if cut into lumber. 



From the standpoint of management the value of second-growth 

 stands is the important thing, and this in turn depends largely on 

 the proportion of grades which any particular stand will cut. Table 

 17 indicates the percentage of the different grades cut from second- 

 growth white ash under 75 years of age of different diameters from 

 comparatively straight and sound trees, such as would be grown in 

 properly managed second-growth stands. 1 The second half of this 

 table shows the f. o. b. mill-run value per thousand board feet of 

 trees of different diameters, taking the following f. o. b. prices for 

 the different grades: 





Firsts 



and 



seconds. 



No. 1 



common. 



No. 2 

 common. 



No. 3 

 common. 



High 



$60 

 50 

 40 



835 

 30 



25 



$25 

 20 



15 



$15 

 10 



5 









Table 17. — Per cent of grades cut from white ash trees of different diameters, for compara- 

 tively straight and sound trees under 15 years old, andf. o.b. mill values of the same. 



Diameter 

 breast- 

 high. 



Firsts 

 and sec- 

 onds. 



Grade. 



F. o. b. mill value per 1,000 

 board feet. 



1 com- 

 mon. 



2 com- 

 mon. 



3 com- 

 mon. 



High. 



Average. 



Low. 



Inches. 

 8 

 10 

 12 

 14 

 16 

 18 

 20 



Inches. 



Per cent. 

 53 

 51 

 47 

 42 

 42 

 39 

 36 



Per cent. 

 34 

 41 

 40 

 30 

 22 

 19 

 15 



Per cent. 

 13 

 7 

 6 

 6 

 7 

 7 

 6 



$29.00 

 29.75 

 31.55 

 36.30 

 38.65 

 40.75 

 42.75 



824.00 

 24.70 

 26.20 

 29.20 

 32.20 

 33.70 

 35.90 



$19.00 

 19.65 

 20.85 

 24.10 

 25.75 

 26.95 

 28.75 



1 

 7 



22 

 29 

 35 

 43 



Stated in general terms, the mill-run value of second-growth ash 

 from comparatively straight and sound trees of all three commercial 

 species is about as follows: 



Size of 

 trees in 

 diameter, 

 breast- 

 high. 



Mill-run value per 1,000 board 

 feet. 



Low. 



Average. 



High. 



Inches. 

 7 to 11 

 12 to 16 

 17 to 21 



$20 

 24 

 28 



$24 

 29 

 34 



$29 

 36 



40 



1 Based on a mill scale study made in western New York of the cut by grades of 43 white ash logs from 

 trees 8 to 20 inches in diameter, breasthigh, and 40 to 70 years old. 



