PROFIT 

 22 CENTS 



'\ 



GETTING DOLLARS FROM TIMBER PRODUCTS 



The price paid for timber products § 't 

 delivered to mill or siding includes 

 stumpage plus wages plus profit. 

 Wages for timber work exceed the 

 stumpage values of the trees har- 

 vested. By cutting and marketing 

 his timber instead of selling it "on the 

 stump" the farmer gets much greater 

 returns. 



The farmer usually can cut and skid 

 his timber products with ordinary 

 farm equipment, and sometimes he can 

 haul the smaller products. 



Farm timber should be sold in the 

 units of measure appropriate to the 

 products into which it will be cut, for 

 example, feet board measure, piece, or 

 cord — ^never at a lump sum for the 

 stand. 



Highest values are obtained by the 

 farmer who sells each tree for the most 

 valuable of its possible products. 

 Usually, the classes of trees listed 

 below are worth most when sold for the products 

 indicated : 



Small pines peeled posts or pulpwood 



Medium-sized trees hacked ties 



Very large clear hardwoods veneer 



Straight trees poles, piling 



Other large trees sawlogs 



For the tenant-operated farm, a division of values 

 on the basis of stumpage for the owner and wages for 

 the tenant usually works well. 



Before the farmer cuts any timber, he should arrange 

 for marketing it. The farmer's profit from timber 

 production usually is in large part a reward for "shop- 

 ping around" for the best prices. 



YARDING 

 M CENTS 



CUTTING 

 25 CENTS 



STUMPAGE 

 18 CENTS 



Distribution of the 

 timber dollar. 



11 



