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SECOND-GROWTH HARDWOODS IN CONNECTICUT. 



Table 35. — Stumpage values per acre l of different materials, when the price of cordwood 

 is $5, for quality II chestnut, by five-year periods. 



[For a stand 4 miles from market, 2 trips per day, with teaming wage rate of $5 per day.] 





Cordwood, at $5 

 per cord. 



Lumber, at S18 per 

 M board ieet and 

 additional cord- 

 wood. 



First-class ties, at 

 50 cents apiece 

 and additional 

 cordwood. 



Poles, at $4.10 

 apiece, with ad- 

 ditional ties and 

 cordwood. 



Age. 



Stump- 

 age, 46 

 cents per 

 cord. 



20 per 



cent 

 profit, 83 

 cents per 



cord. 



Stump- 

 age, $4.13 

 per M. 



20 per 



cent 



profit, $3 



per M. 



Stump- 

 age, 15 

 cents per 

 tie. 



20 per 



cent 



profit, 8 



cents per 



tie. 



Stump- 

 age, $2.44 

 per pole. 



20 per 



cent 

 profit, 68 

 cents per 



pole. 



Years. 

 15 



$5.50 

 8.00 

 11.00 

 13.80 

 16.10 

 18.40 

 19.80 

 21.20 

 22.60 

 23.50 

 24.40 

 25.30 

 26.25 



$10. 00 

 15.00 

 20.00 

 25.00 

 29.00 

 33.20 

 35.70 

 38.20 

 40.70 

 42.40 

 44.00 

 45.70 

 47.30 















20 















25 















30 



$16. 10 

 22.00 

 29.60 

 36.60 

 45.10 

 53.80 

 61.50 

 69.30 

 77.10 

 83.20 



$25.10 

 30 40 

 36.90 

 42.00 

 47.20 

 52.90 

 57.60 

 62.80 

 67.35 

 70.80 



$16.30 

 23.30 

 31.40 

 38.80 

 47.90 

 58.10 

 67.80 

 78.00 

 87.50 

 96.60 



$25. 70 

 32.00 

 38.20 

 42.30 

 47.00 

 51.50 

 55.20 

 59.70 

 64.00 

 68.50 







35 



$26, 00 

 43.10 

 61.90 

 85.20 

 103.60 

 120.90 

 141.30 

 160. 20 

 177.00 



$32. 10 



40 



40.60 



45... 



47.80 



50 



55.50 



55 



59.90 



60 



62.40 



65 



66.40 



70 



69.80 



75 



73.17 







i These are the money equivalents of the yield tables for quality II chestnut, and are based on the stump- 

 age values given in Tables 10, 12, 14, and 16, to secure a profit of 20 per cent on the combined investment 

 in stumpage and logging. 



CULMINATION OF THE AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH. 



The higher the average yearly production of a piece of woodland, 

 the greater of course will be its continuous producing value if cut 

 over repeatedly. The ages at which the average annual growth in 

 cubic feet and cords culminates are indicated by italic figures in 

 Tables 30, 32, and 33. From the tables it is apparent that if a wood- 

 land is to be cut over repeatedly for cordwood, the greatest amount 

 will be secured if the cutting is made at the following ages: 



Years. 



Chestnut, qualities I and II 35 



Chestnut, quality III 40 



Oak-chestnut, qualities I and II 30 



Oak-chestnut, quality III 35 



Oak, qualities I and II 35 



Oak, quality III. 40 



These lengths of rotation are so nearly similar that it is safe to place 

 the cordwood rotation for second-growth hardwood stands at from 

 30 to 40 years. To insure successful sprout reproduction the rotation 

 for stands containing much red, black, or scarlet oak should be 30 or 

 even 25 years, though the latter period may involve a sacrifice of 

 from 3 to 5 cords per acre. In stands of chestnut oak the rotation 

 may be as long as 40 years. 



For lumber, ties, and poles, in the chestnut type, the rotation may 

 be as long as 75 years. In many cases other considerations, such as 

 depreciation of the stand, will call for shorter rotations, but not with- 

 out a sacrifice in the continuous producing capacity of the land. 



