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SECOND-GROWTH HARDWOODS IN CONNECTICUT. 



LOGGING COSTS. 



The term "logging costs " as used in this bulletin is meant to include 

 the costs of exploitation from the stump to the market. The strict 

 meaning of the term logging is here extended to cover not only the 

 costs of cutting and hauling logs, but also the costs of sawing lumber, 

 of cutting cordwood, poles, and ties, and of hauling all classes of prod- 

 ucts to the market. The most variable cost is that of hauling. 

 This varies both with the amount of material that can be hauled 

 per day and with the rate of wages. The amount of material which 

 can be hauled per day depends upon the distance between the woods 

 and the market, upon whether the wood is green or seasoned, and 

 upon the character of the topography, the condition of the roads, etc. 

 In arriving at the costs givezi in Table 2 it was assumed that an ordi- 

 nary team of draft horses will not, if used daily, exceed an average 

 of 18 miles — one-half of the distance with a loaded wagon — over 

 average roads. The wages of team and driver ordinarily vary from 

 $4 to $5.50 per day. In Table 2 the costs of hauling have been com- 

 puted for different wage rates and distances. The average wagon- 

 load is assumed to be any one of the following: 1,000 board feet of 

 lumber, 32 first class ties, one cord of 4 foot wood, six 25 to 30 foot 

 poles, four 30 to 35 foot poles, or two 35 to 45 foot poles. 



Table 2. — Costs of hauling, with different wage rates and daily hauling capacities. 





Wage rate. 



Daily hauling capacity for 1 team. 



$4.00 



S4.50 



$5.00 



$5.50 





Hauling cost per load. 



1 load 



$4.00 

 2.00 

 1.33 

 1.00 



.80 



$4 50 



2.25 



1.50 



1.13 



.90 



$5.00 

 2.50 

 1.67 

 1.25 



1.00 



$5.50 



2 loads 



2.75 



3 loads 



1.83 





1.38 





1.10 







LUMBER. 



By far the greater part of the lumber sawed in Connecticut is the 

 product of small portable mills of 10,000 or 15,000 board feet daily 

 capacity, but which produce on an average not over 6,000 or 8,000 

 board feet per day. Mills such as these can ordinarily be moved 

 for $40 or $50, and a stand of 75,000 or 100,000 board feet will war- 

 rant a set-up. 



The costs of lumbering as given in Table 3 include falling, skidding 

 or "drawing in," sawing, and piling or loading on cars at the desti- 

 nation, but not hauling. Each of these costs is somewhat variable, 

 and minimum, average, and maximum costs are given. 



