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machine mounted on two wheels. This tract had been logged 45 

 years before. There were no logs or underbrush. 



The sizes of 98 white-pine stumps selected at random and meas- 

 ured on this tract were as follows: 16-inch, 7; 18-inch, 10; 20-inch, 

 3; 22-inch, 9; 24-inch, 15; 26-inch, 14; 28-inch, 8; 30-inch, 6; 32- 

 inch, 7; 34-inch, 4; 36-inch, 6; 38-inch, 3; 40-inch, 1; 42-inch, 4; 

 48-inch, 1. The average diameter was 26.77 inches. 



The high cost of stumping this tract, shown in Table XIII, was 

 principally due to the inexperience of the contractor and crew and to 

 the fact that only one light team was used. The contract price for 

 pulling, cleaning, and tipping the stumps was 50 cents each. The 

 actual cost was 56.3 cents. The owner of the tract was utilizing the 

 roots for fuel. The total number of stumps was 204 and the number 

 per acre 28. The number pulled per day was 15. 



Table XIII.— Cost of stumping tract No. 14- 1 



Item. 



Days em- 

 ployed. 



Cost. 



Per diem. 



Total. 



Pulling, cleaning, and tipping: 



1 boy 



1 man 



1 man with team 



Use of machine 



Piling and burning (estimated) 



Total 



Average per acre . . . 

 Average per stump . 



13i 

 13i 

 13i 

 13J 



$1.00 

 1.75 

 4.50 

 1.50 



$13. 25 

 22.19 

 59.62 

 19.87 

 70.00 



184. 93 

 25.05 

 .907 



Time of stumping, July 19 to Aug. 8, 1913. 



TRACT NO. 15. 



Tract No. 15 contained 40 acres of very gently rolling land, having 

 a sandy soil. The clearing was done in the spring of 1912. The 

 outfit consisted of a tripod stump puller, two teams, and five men. 

 This outfit and crew pulled 2,132 stumps in 20^ days, an average of 104 

 stumps per day. This tract had an average of 90 stumps per acre, 

 of which 20 were Norway pine and 70 were white pine. 



The clearing was done at a contract price of $30 an acre. The price 

 included the delivery of the Norway-pine stumps to a turpentine 

 plant 3 miles distant from the tract, the hauling of nearly one-third 

 of the white-pine stumps to build fences, and the burning of the re- 

 mainder of the white-pine stumps. The Norway-pine stumps had 

 been burned to the surface of the ground on nearly 10 acres of this 

 tract. A total of 60 cords of Norway-pine stumps was delivered at 

 the plant. The price received was $5 per cord of 4,000 pounds. It 

 took an average of 10 Norway-pine stumps to the cord. Two cords 

 of stumps per acre were obtained. After deducting the amount 

 received for the stumps, the net cost of clearing the tract was $900, 



