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the maximum from New York. North Carolina, Tennessee, and Vir- 

 ginia each reported $2 sales, and New York reported maximum 

 price sales, $11. 



In seven of the red spruce States, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, 

 New York, Maryland, North Carolina, and Kentucky, there was a 

 rise in stumpage values from 1907 to 1912, while in the remainder 

 there was a decline. Leaving out of consideration Maryland and 

 Kentucky, where the number of reports is too small to form a reliable 

 basis, the greatest rise took place in New York and showed a gain of 

 25 per cent and 35 per cent on the basis of estimates and of sales, 

 respectively. The next greatest gain was hi North Carolina, where 

 a rise of 21 per cent is indicated on the basis of 16 estimates. Ver- 

 mont ranks third in percentage of increase; New Hampshire, fourth; 

 and Maine, with the largest number of reports, shows the least in- 

 crease in values, 6 per cent according to estimates and 3 per cent 

 according to sales. New York also ranks first in the greatest actual 

 increase, namely, $1.44 and $2, according to estimates and to sales, 

 respectively, followed by Vermont, New Hampshire, North Carolina, 

 and Maine, in the order named. 



Table 3. — Stumpage values of spruce. 1 

 ALL SPECIES OF SPRUCE.s 





1912 



1907 



State. 



Average per 1,000 

 feet from estimates. 



Average per 1,000 

 feet from sales. 



Average per 1,000 

 feet. 





Value 



per 1.000 



board 



feet. 



Number 

 of 



reports. 



Value 



per 1,000 



board 



feet. 



Number 



of 

 reports. 



Value 



per 1,000 



board 



feet. 



Number « 



of 

 reports. 





$4.54 



4S8 



$4. 16 



175 



$4.35 



383 







EASTERN (RED) SPRUCE. 









All Eastern States 



$6.11 



236 



$5. 90 



78 



$5. 53 



164 









6.50 



205 



6.32 



70 



5.93 



I I 1 



I I I 









0.09 

 6.78 

 6.82 

 6.50 

 7.25 



3.51 



102 

 28 

 25 

 14 

 36 



31 



5.93 

 6. 54 

 6.72 

 5. (10 



7.81 



2.15 



37 

 13 

 9 

 3 

 8 



8 



5.74 

 6.07 

 5.87 

 7.07 



5.81 



4.62 



34 





21 





31 





7 





21 





50 









6.37 

 4.50 

 3. 00 



4.17 

 2. r.-> 

 6.00 

 2.00 



4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 16 

 1 

 1 







8.00 

 3. 33 

 3.61 

 4.63 

 2. (is 

 L.63 

 2.50 



12 









3 





2. 00 



1 





West Virginia 



15 





2. 33 



(1 



!', 





2 





2.110 



1 









i The values per cord lor pulpwood may be roughly approximated by halving those given in tho table, 

 alihough the common practice in the northern spruce country is to figure a cord equivalent to 600 board 

 feet. 



2 The census gave the average values of spruce stumpage for all States as $3.70 per 1,000 feet in 1904 and 

 $2.26 per 1,000 feet in 1899. 



