94 REPORT OF THE 



Basing an estimate upon the growth shown by these plantations it may be 

 expected that, at the expiration of thirty years, props, lagging and poles, to the value 

 of $40, may be taken from each acre ; and, at the expiration of fifty years, there 

 would be, at a low estimate, 50,000 feet, board measure, of timber per acre, worth 

 on the stump at present prices $250. It is necessary that fire be kept out, a difficult 

 matter in this district ; but it will cost as much per acre to protect a poor growth 

 as a valuable one. 



The prices of timber on the stump, in 1901, collected by the Girard estate were: 



DIAMETER OF STICK PRICES PER 



INSIDE OF BARK. LINEAL FOOT. 



24 inch, ...........14 cents. 



23 13 



i( " 



22 .-.......--12 



21 ------------ - II " 



20 ....-.-----ID 



• 18 '• - 8 " 



17 " - - - - - - 7 " 



16 ...- 6 



15 "---•- ■ - 5 " 



14 " .---.--•---- 4>^ " 



13 4 



12 " - ----- 3;^" 



II " - - - - - - 3 " 



10 " . - - - 2>^ " 



u " 



9 ---------- - 2 



8 " ...-..-.--- i>^ " 



7 "-------.-- - i)<" 



6 " ...-..-.--- I " 



Oak lumber sawed, - - - - - - $5 per M. B. M., 



Pine " " 5 " " 



Hemlock lumber sawed, ----- 3 



Chestnut " ''....- 3 " 



Split lagging 6 ft. or less, - - - - - 14^ cent each. 



" " over 6 ft., $1 per 1,000 lineal feet. 



Lagging poles, ------- 2 1>^ cents per 100 lineal feet. 



Sills 6 ft. or under, 4 cents each. 



" over 6 ft., - - ' - - - - - i cent per lineal foot. 



