22 SECOXD-GKOWTH HARDWOODS IX CONNECTICUT. 



Table 5. — Cost of tie production (except hauling) per 1,000 board feet. 





Minimum 



cost per 



1,000. 



Average 



cost per 



1,000. 



Maximum 



cost per 



1.000.1 



Cost per tie. 



Hewing 





First class. 



Second class. 



per 1,000. 



Cutting 



Drawing to mill 



$1.00 



1.00 



1.75 



.35 



SI. 50 



1.75 



2.00 



.35 



S2.00 

 2.00 

 4.00 



S0.031-S0.W3 

 .031- .003 

 . 055- . 125 

 . 01- . 01 



SO. 02G-S0. 053 

 .026- .053 

 .046- .105 

 . 01- . 01 

















Total 



4.10 



5.60 



S.00 



.127- .261 



.10S- .221 



S3-S4 







1 The maximum cost involves sawing ties on four sides, which increases the cost of saving and dispenses 

 with that of peeling. 



From 25 to 40 ties, depending upon the character of the haul, 

 make an ordinary wagonload; usually about 33 first or 38 second 

 class ties (equivalent to 1,000 board feet) can be hauled at one trip. 

 Adding the total costs per thousand in Table 5 to the costs of 

 hauling at various wage rates in Table 2, gives the total cost for ties 

 delivered at the railroad, as shown in Table 6. The total average 

 cost per thousand feet, with interest at 6 per cent for one year added, 

 is also shown. 



Table 6.— Total costs per 1,000 board feet of logging and hauling ties, with and without 

 interest charges, based on various teaming costs and daily hauling capacities. 





Teaming 

 wage rate 

 per day. 



Total cost per 1,000 board feet-. 



Total cost 

 per thou- 



Daily hauling capacity for one team. 



Minimum. 



Maximum. 



Average. 



sand board 

 feet (in- 

 cluding 6 

 percent 



interest). 



1,000 board feet 



S5. 50 

 5.00 

 4.50 

 4.00 

 5.50 

 5.00 

 4.50 

 4.00 

 5.50 

 5.00 

 4.50 

 4.00 



$9. 60 

 9.10 

 8.60 

 8.10 

 6.85 

 6. 00 

 6.35 

 6.10 

 5.93 

 5.77 

 5.50 

 5.43 



S13. 50 

 13.00 

 12.50 

 12.00 

 10.75 

 10.50 

 10.25 

 10.00 

 9.83 

 9. 67 

 9.50 

 9.33 



Sll. 10 



9. 60 



8.35 

 8.10 

 7.S5 

 7.60 

 7.43 

 7.27 

 7.10 

 0. 93 



$11.77 



2,000 hoard feet 



11.24 

 10. 71 

 10. IS 

 8. 85 



3,000 hoard feet 



8.59 

 8.32 



S.06 

 7.SS 





7.71 

 7.53 

 7.35 



POLES. 



Pole logging is much the simplest and cheapest form of exploita- 

 tion per unit of volume. It consists simply of felling the tree, 

 sawing off the top at an inside bark diameter of 7 inches, trim- 

 ming the branches close, and peeling. The cost of this is usually 

 figured at 1 cent per foot in length for poles from 2.5 to 35 feet long 

 and 35 cents apiece for poles from 35 to 50 feet long. Pole cutting is 

 more expensive in winter, when peeling is most difficult. Contract 

 logging rates arc often 35 cents per pole in winter and 25 cents in 

 summer. Some companies, however, accept only winter-cut poles, 



