Table 2.30—Average hardwood stumpage prices for sawtimber and pulpwood in the South, by source of price data, selected years 1905-85 
Sawtimber! Pulpwood! 
South—private” Louisiana—private? South—public* Louisiana—private? 
Current 1985 Current 1985 Current 1985 Current 1985 
Year dollars dollars? dollars dollars> dollars dollars> dollars dollars> 
1905 0.81 8.04 — —_ —_ = ee ae 
1910 3.90 33.07 = — par ;, a xs! a 
1915 3.54 30.41 — — — — — — 
1920 4.23 16.37 — — == —_ az = 
1925 6.23 35.95 — = = = — ae 
1930 3.89 26.88 — = = = a = 
1935 — — — — — — —_ — 
1940 _ =a - = = = aa = 
1945 = a = = = z Sb 2s 
1950 — — —_ — — — — — 
1955 — — 10.33 35.17 — — 1.60 5.36 
1960 — — 10.94 35.60 20.13 65.43 1.61 5.24 
1965 — — 15.16 47.93 25.06 79.33 1.65 5.23 
1970 — —_ 20.96 58.41 27.92 77.68 1.95 5.48 
1975 — — 35.54 64.91 39.72 74.40 2.73 5.00 
1980 — — 53.70 63.95 49.52 58.71 3.94 4.66 
1985 — =— 68.89 68.89 78.10 75.10 4.53 4.53 
' Unit measure for sawtimber is thousand board feet. See footnotes 3 and 4 for log rule used. Unit measure for pulpwood is standard cords. 
? Prices for privately owned hardwood stumpage in the southern pine region (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and 
Texas), as reported in Steer, H.B. 1938. Stumpage prices of privately owned timber in the United States. Tech. Bull. 626. Washington, DC: U.S. 
Department of Agriculture. 162 p. ‘ 
3 Prices for privately owned hardwood, all species, 1935-49, Scribner C log rule, as reported in U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1964. The 
demand and price situation for forest products, 1964. Misc. Publ. 983. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 50 p. Prices 
for national forest timber sales, southern pine only, 1950-84, Scribner C log rule, as reported in U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1985. U.S. 
timber production, trade, consumption, and price, statistics. Misc. Publ. 1450. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 84 p. 
* Prices for national forest timber sales, all eastern hardwoods, eastern and southern regions, Scribner C log rule, as reported by USDA Forest Service, 
Misc. Publ. 1450, 1985. 
5 Derived by dividing the price in current dollars by the Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price index for all commodities (1985 = 100). 
Note: Prices are computed as a 3-year moving average for available years in each series. 
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