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yellow poplar, maple, and oak, with which it is found in mixture, 

 and the price varies greatly. Prices ranging from $2.50 to $10 a 

 thousand board feet for mixed stands were reported from Kentucky, 

 Tennessee, and West Virginia. The average value of basswood lum- 

 ber per 1,000 board feet f. o. b. mills, obtained from reports of saw- 

 mills on lumber production, is given in Table 8, by States, for those 

 years in which the data were collected. With the exception of the 

 years 1909, 1911, and 1915, this table shows a continuous increase 

 in value; increasingly higher values are shown since the year 1915. 

 Average prices in Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina are gen- 

 erally $1 or $2 a thousand board feet below the average. 



Table 6. — Average stumpage values of basswood for 1907 and 1912, from reports on 

 values from timberland owners. 



Northeastern States: 



■ Maine 



New Hampshire. 



Vermont 



New York 



Pennsylvania 



Average of 5 States. 



North Central States: 



Ohio 



Indiana 



Average of 2 States. 



Southern Appalachian States: 



Maryland 



Virginia 



West Virginia 



Kentucky 



Tennessee 



North Carolina 



Average of 6 States. 



Lake States: 

 Michigan- 

 Upper Peninsula 



Lower Peninsula 



Southern tier of counties . 



State average 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota— 



Average of 3 States. 



S5.80 



(20) 



$6.04 



(48) 



6.25 



(18) 



7.56 



(23) 



4.96 



(27) 



6.90 



(25) 



8.31 



(21) 



8.51 



(88) 



7.59 



(41) 



8.14 



(61) 



6.68 



(127) 



7.68 



(245) 



9.59 



(27) 



11.59 



(59) 



10.83 



(27) 



11.22 



(43) 



10.21 



(54) 



11.43 



(102) 



4.50 



$ 3 } 



(6) 



4.50 



(4) 



3.33 



6.33 



(4) 



3.91 



(43) 



4.11 



(9) 



4.46 



(3 



4.62 



(25) 



4.04 



(12) 



4.22 



(IS) 



1.67 



(6) 



3.30 



(23) 



3.75 



(73) 



4.16 



(S2) 



5.61 



(23) 





8.95 



(59) 





1.67 



(6) 

 (88) 





8.26 



9.57 



(86) 



6.59 



(65) 



7. 12 (122) 



5.50 



(10) 



7.41 



(39) 



7.42 



(163) 



8.02 



(247) 



The numerals in parentheses indicate the number of reports on which the averages are based. (From 

 Department of Agriculture Bulletin 285, The Northern Hardwood Forest, Table 12.) 



Table 7. — Comparative stumpage values per 1,000 board feet of basswood, maple, birch, 



and beech, 1912. 



[From reports of sales collected by the Forest Service.] 



Species. 



North- 

 eastern 

 States. 1 



Southern 



States. a 



Lake 



States. 8 





$8.40 

 5.98 

 5.61 

 4.38 



$4.92 

 3.45 

 3.33 

 2.86 



$6.30 





4.58 



B irch 



4.85 



Beech 



3.67 







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



2 Maryland, Virginia, Weet Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina. 

 8 Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. 



