48 STATE OP MICHIGAN. 



TOTAL VALUE OF PRODUCT. 



Of Lumber Camps. Of Woodlots. 



Wastiinoton 111,332,000 $1,002,000 



Wisconsin 18,112,000 6,116,000 



Mir-higan 20,162,000 7,530,000^ 



Indiana 4,058,000 5,235,000' 



Ohio 4,384,000 5,625,000- 



New York 4,364,000 7,671,000 



Connecticut 493,000 1,276,000 



Washington represents the newest type. Its lumber camp product ex- 

 ceeds that of its woodlots in the ratio of 11 to 1. Michigan has an inter- 

 mediate position, having a proportion of about 2.8 to' 1. New York has 

 the balance turned the other way, and in the proportion of 1 to 1.8, and 

 Connecticut, where lumbering as a business has become very much re- 

 duced, has the proportion of 1 to 2.6 in favor of the woodlots. 



It is only fair to add, however, that the product of the woodlot is used 

 largely, though by no means wholly, in an unmanufactured or slightly 

 manufactured form (cordwood, railway ties, posts, etc.), while the product 

 of the lumber camps is in a much larger degree the raw material for a 

 vast series of manufactures. It is also worthy of note in this connection 

 that the farmer is usually his own logger. This work is done at a time 

 of year when there is little else to do, and in many cases the entire amount 

 received for the product may be regarded as clear gain to be credited to 

 the woodlot. The lumberman, on the other hand, must build his camps, 

 purchase his horses, camp supplies, tools, etc., and especially employ 

 labor, the cost of all which must be deducted from the sale value of his 

 product in determining his profit. The census returns show the value 

 of the stumpage of the cut of |174,000,000 worth of product by the lum- 

 bermen during the census year to have been $58,177,000. It is not im- 

 probable that the farmers' cut of $110,000,000 represents as large a real 

 stumpage value. 



The value of the woodlot as a national asset can har'dly be overesti- 

 mated, and it should in future, with improved methods of management, 

 ever contribute an increasing amount of material for general consump- 

 tion. In several respects it hais distinct advantages over the timber tract. 

 Among these may be mentioned its nearness to the points of consumption, 

 together with the practicability of an intensity of management that can 

 hardly be hoped for on the larger areas, and which is only in part offset 

 by the cheapness of the wild land. 



The value of the woodlot as a source of fuel has recently been brought 

 very prominently to the notice of the public generally by realization 

 that it is the only buffer tliat stands between the people and the higher 

 prices which the coal combine may ask the moment they have the field to 

 themselves. The people have also a fresh recollection of the fact that the 

 woodlot is the only thing that stands between them and actual suffering 

 by cold in the event of a coal strike. The cities and villages are more 

 interested in this matter than the farmers themselves, for if a farmer has 

 only a small supply of wood, he will naturally provide for the comfort 

 of his own family before he offers any for sale. A consideration of this ■ 



