MARKET AND STUMPAGE. 

 Table 3. — Costs of lumbering (except hauling) per thousand board feet. 



21 



Minimum. 



Average. 



Maximum. 



Cutting 



Skidding 



Sawing 



Piling 



Total (except hauling) 



$1.25 

 1.50 

 2.50 

 1.00 



$1.50 

 1.75 

 3.50 

 1.00 



$2.00 

 2.00 

 4.00 

 1.00 



(5.25 



7.75 



9.00 



By combining the costs in Tables 2 and 3, the approximate total 

 costs of logging and hauling given in Table 4 are obtained. Since 

 an estimate of costs is not complete without including interest on 

 the money which would have to be invested in the operation, the 

 last column shows approximately the total average cost per thousand 

 board feet of logging and hauling lumber computed at 6 per cent 

 for one year. 



Table 4. — Total cost per thousand board feet of logging and hauling lumber, with and 



without interest charges. 





Teaming 

 wage rate 

 per day. 



Total cost per 1,000 board feet. 



Average 

 total cost 



Daily hauling capacity for 1 team. 



Minimum. 



Maximum. 



Average. 



with inter- 

 est per 

 1,000 board 

 feet. 



1,000 board feet 



$5.50 

 5.00 

 4.50 

 4.00 

 5.50 

 5.00 

 4.50 

 4.00 

 5.50 

 5.00 

 4.50 

 4.00 



$11.75 

 11.25 

 10.75 

 10.25 

 9.00 

 8.75 

 8.50 

 8.25 

 8.08 

 7.92 

 7.75 

 7.58 



$14.50 

 14.00 

 13.50 

 13.00 

 11.75 

 11.50 

 11.25 

 11.00 

 10.83 

 10.67 

 10.50 

 10. 33 



$13. 25 



12.75 



12.25 



11.75 



10.50 



10.25 



10.00 



9.75 



9.58 



9.42 



9.25 



9.08 



$14. 05 



2,000 board feet 



13.52 

 12.98 

 12.46 

 11.13 



3,000 board feet 



10.87 



ro. eo 



10.34 

 10.15 





9.98 

 9.81 

 9.63 



TIES. 



The cost of tie production varies chiefly with the distance of haul, 

 but also with the method of manufacture. To hew ties usually 

 costs from 9 to 10 cents apiece for chestnut and 12 cents for oak. 

 Ties should be sawed at less cost per thousand feet than lumber, 

 because there is less labor involved in sawing out large pieces and 

 less waste in kerf. Ties sawn on only two faces are much cheaper to 

 produce than are those sawn on four sides. Assuming 33 first-class 

 or 38 second-class ties to the thousand board feet, the costs of logging, 

 exclusive of hauling, are about as given in Table 5. 



