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BULLETIN 285, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE, 



Table 11. — Comparative stumpage values per 1,000 board feet of the more important 

 species of the northern hardwood region: 1912. 



[From reports of sales collected by the Forest Service, Office of Industrial Investigations.] 



Species. 



North- 

 eastern 

 States .i 



Lake Southern 

 States. 2 States.s 



Maple 



Birch 



Beech 



Bass wood. 



Species. 



North- 

 eastern 

 States. i 



Elm 



Ash 



White pine. 

 Hemlock... 



SS.40 

 9.03 

 8.44 

 6.28 



Lake I So J^ h - 

 States " 3 I StSSs < 



S5.87 

 5.82 



10.39 

 3.78 



S3. 41 

 6.16 

 3.91 

 2.62 



i Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. 



- Minnesota, "Wisconsin, and Michigan. 



3 Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina. 



TVliile the figures in Table 11 are based on many reports of actual 

 sales of stumpage, they are of practical value only in showing the 

 general tendency of prices in these regions. 



Table 12. — Average stumpage values of northern hardwoods for 1907 and 1912. 



Species and year. 



Maple: 



1907.. 



1912.. 

 Birch: 



1907.. 



1912.. 

 Beech: 



1907.. 



1912.. 

 Basswood 



1907.. 



1312.. 

 Elm: 



1907.. 



1912.. 

 Ash: 



1907.. 



1912... 



Northeastern States. 



Aver- 





age of 



five 

 States. 



Maine. 



14.37174 

 5.34-09 



S4.3025 

 4.8456 



4. 90161 

 5.44261 



4. 78S0 



4.8965 



3. 67i« 



4. 28253 



4.3821 



4. 3152 



6. 68127 



7.682« 



5.8020 

 6.04-8 



4. 74"« 

 5.40133 



3.007 



3. 7126 



7.99151 



8.35253 



6.382« 

 6.6056 



New 



Hamp- 

 shire. 



Ver- 

 mont. 



New 



York. 



.4625 



, 2I 33 



L5026 



.67=s 



.3922 



313i 



.25« 



5623 



65io 

 25 s 



2022 



S5=6 



S3. 22=2 

 4.2823 



3. 5231 

 4.8127 



2. 7225 

 3.5029 



4.9627 

 6.9025 



4.0715 

 4. 25i2 



.4823 



84. S42S 

 6.00- g i 



5. 632 J - 

 6.14® 



3. 02=5 

 4. 55" 



8. 312i 

 S.SIss 



5. 07» 



6.1756 



8.9123 



8.9777 



Penn- 

 syl- 

 vania. 



North Central States. 



Aver- 

 age of 

 two 

 States. 



84. 74" 

 5.37ioo 



5.7050 

 5.38® 



4.2554 

 4. 2871 



7.59*1 

 8. 146i 



5. 35* 



9.1555 

 8. S07i 



S7 55* 



6.504 

 4.05-1 



5.S094 

 6. 10163 



Ohio. 



Indi- 

 ana. 



1935 



4286 



4. 70s 



6. 1578 



10. 2154 



11.43102 11 



7.42S9 

 8.59154 



5 "'-" 

 5959 



.1137 

 .437. 



14. 1989 13. 

 15.54159 15. 



Ois 



87. 7954 

 7.94*3 



6.504 

 3.506 



6.1056 



6.0685 



10. 8327 



11. 2243 



7. 6452 

 7.7S73 



15. 1150 



15.2381 









Southern 



Appalachian States. 







Species and year. 



Average 

 of six 

 States. 



Mary- 

 land. 



Vir- 

 ginia. 



West 



Vir- 

 ginia. 



Ken- 

 tucky. 



Tennes- 

 see. 



North 

 Caro- 

 lina. 



Maple: 



1307 



S2. S7103 

 3.68138 



2.4753 

 2.8170 



2. 24105 

 2.72'-4i 



3. 7573 



4. 1652 



3.0453 



3. 5179 



5. 08152 

 5.50168 



S3. 147 

 5.3116 



3.17 s 

 4.059 



3.905 

 3.3813 



4.503 

 4. 504 



4.502 

 4.563 



6.426 

 7.399 



82. 71i4 

 2.705 



2.758 

 3.007 



2.619 

 2.128 



3.336 

 6.333 



2.176 

 2.67 3 



4. 5120 

 6.068 



si. 9925 



2. 789 



2. 4226 

 2.867 



1.6735 



1.839 



3.9143 

 4.119 



2.198 

 3.001 



5. 0539 

 3.857 



83. 4129 

 4.01- 



2. 254 

 8.00* 



2.4138 



3. 3449 



4. 46 3 

 4. 6225 



3. 82* 

 4.0929 



6. 3S 3 

 5. 98* 



83. 05i5 

 3.8422 



2.305 

 2.31 s 



2. 3616 

 2.45 » 



4. 04'2 

 4.22 13 



2. 2913 

 2.80 s3 



' 4.9127 

 6.0153 



83. 2512 



1912 



3. 0949 



Birch: 



1907 



2.297 



1912 



2. 7024 



Beech: 



1C07 



2.002 



1912 



2.2724 



Basswood: 



1907 



1.676 



1912 



3. SO 23 



Elm: 



1907 





1912 



3. 70 5 



Ash: 



1907 



3.2322 



1912 



4. 23 4 6 







