

Figure 5. — Merchantable Saw Timber 



Waste land stone, swamp, ledge or any 



other land incapable of 

 growing usable timber. 

 $0. 



Brush land clumps of small trees that 



will never grow to market- 

 able timber, growing on 

 abandoned agricultural 

 land. 

 $2.-$6. 



Seedlings and lands growing principally 

 saplings, ex- young trees not over five 

 eluding Christ- inches in diameter which 

 mas tree plan- could grow to merchantable 

 tations. timber; also includes cut- 



over land. 

 $4.-$10. 



Pole size lands growing largely 



timber. young trees not over nine 



inches in diameter. 



$6.-$12. 



Merchantable 

 saw timber. 



Young saw so-called second growth, 

 timber. largely trees nine inches to 



twelve inches in diameter. 



$6.-$16. 



land growing largely trees 

 over twelve inches in diam- 

 eter which are commer- 

 cially usable. Includes 

 maple sugar orchards. 

 $9.-$30. 



As an EXAMPLE ONLY, to illustrate the 

 use of the suggested values, we will say Joe 

 Dokes owns 100 acres of timberland divided 

 into the following classifications: 



50 acres of "pole size timber" with an 



estimated value of $8.00 per acre 

 25 acres of "young saw timber" with an 



estimated value of $10.00 per acre 

 25 acres of "merchantable saw timber" 

 with an estimated value of $15.00 per 

 acre 



76 



