THE EED SPRUCE. 



Table 3. — Stum-page values of spruce— Continued. 

 LAKE STATES (WHITE) SPRUCE. 





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. 





$4.68 



94 



$4.59 



20 



$5.60 



99 









4.63 

 5.04 

 4.36 



' 38 

 29 

 27 



. 4.67 

 4.79 

 4.20 



9 

 6 

 5 



6.16 

 5.21 



5.47 



?,7 





47 





15 











ROCKY MOUNTAIN (ENGELMANN) SPRUCE. 











States 



$2.12 



78 



$2. 37 



51 



$1.87 



52 











2.07 

 2.28 

 1.71 

 2.15 

 2.31 

 2.00 

 2.50 



21 



8 

 14 



5 

 25 



2 



3 



2.13 

 2.47 

 2.41 

 2.30 

 2.45 

 2.00 

 2.67 

 3.00 



11 

 8 

 6 

 7 



14 

 1 

 3 

 1 



1.83 

 2.00 

 1.73 

 1.64 

 2.00 



S 





2 





11 



Utah 



7 





22 









1.94 



2 

















PACIFIC COAST (SITKA) SPRUCE. 



All Pacific States 



$2.10 



SO 



$2.10 



26 



$1.58 



68 









2.26 



1.90 



'1.56 



52 

 20 



8 



2.41 

 1.54 



1.87 



16 



8 

 2 



1.73 

 1.40 

 1.03 



46 





14 





4 







The number of reports from the remaining five Eastern or red 

 spruce States which show a shrinkage in values is entirely inadequate 

 for a reliable estimate of stumpage price tendencies. It is possible, 

 however, that in such States as Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, 

 where the amount of spruce was never extensive and where cutting 

 has been going on for many years, there is in fact an actual decline 

 in values due to the poor quality of timber now available for cutting. 

 This also may be the situation in Maryland, Virginia, and Kentucky. 

 In West Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, however, the 

 apparent decline is doubtless due to an insufficient number of re- 

 ports, since the virgin spruce growth in these States is of choice 

 quality, and much of it is in localities which are just now being 

 developed. 



Eastern spruce in 1912 showed the second highest average stump- 

 age value of 20 softwoods and the ninth highest of 38 softwoods and 

 hardwoods combined. 1 It was exceeded in value by cherry ($16.25), 

 walnut ($15.64), pine ($8.35), ash ($7.87), yellow poplar ($7.87), 

 hickory ($7.82), basswood ($7.70), and oak ($7.28). 



1 Compiled from estimates on all species reported in 1912. 



