Table 2.36—Average pine stumpage prices! for pulpwood sold from national forests in the South, by State for selected years 1950-85 
South Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana 
Current 1985 Current 1985 Current 1985 Current 1985 Current 1985 Current 1985 
Year dollars dollars? dollars dollars” dollars dollars? dollars dollars? dollars dollars? dollars dollars? 
Dollars per standard cord 
1950 3.68 13.09 3.03 10.83 2.28 8.05 2.19 9.82 2.53 8.95 4.17 14.86 
1955 6.71 22.87 6.96 23.68 4.25 14.53 7.68 26.15 4.19 14.23 5.92 20.15 
1960 9.86 32.09 10.08 32.79 4.98 16.22 13.36 43.46 9.60 31.24 8.27 26.90 
1965 9.67 30.64 9.01 28.54 4.76 15.06 13.33 ~-42:15 9.92 31.50 7.01 22.18 
1970 10.86 30.37 11.58 32.17 5.84 16.33 17.22 47.87 9.54 27.05 10.25 28.54 
1975 13.66 25.24 11.18. . 21,40 11.11 20.25 29.55 54.78 8.17 14.90 11.68 21.98 
1980 21.09 24.56 12.29 14.65 12.55 14.32 36.13. 41.57 11.31 13.07 32.75 38.53 
1985 26.09 26.16 17.32 17.34 14.07 14.11 53.91 54.05 11.05 11.09 29.27 =. 29.38 
Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia 
1950 4.68 16.70 2:47 9.9] 4.65 16.57 2.38 8.53 3.46 12.39 — — 
1955 7.83 26.67 3.10 10.57 8.19 28.00 3.70 12.62 5.44 18.60 — — 
1960 10.04 32.67 6.54 21.29 11.53. 37.53 6.40 20.82 6.60 21.47 — — 
1965 6.88 21.78 5.68 18.03 12.76 40.36 4.40 13.94 5.24 16.67 4.66 14.36 
1970 8.64 24.21 5.04 14.14 12.42 34.73 3.80 10.65 6.64 18.44 5.00 13.91 
1975 10.04 18.70 5.94 10.83 13.29 24.83 4.68 8.49 9.09 16.48 6.88 13.41 
1980 14.23 16.88 12.75 15.75 18.52 21.76 4.95 5.71 21.71 24.95 4.71 5.51 
1985 17.16 17.20 9.55 9.57 20.78 20.84 15.68 15.71 23.37 23.48 7.06 7.05 
' Prices computed as a 5-year moving average of volume-weighted prices derived from high bids for national forest timber sales. 
? Derived by dividing the price in current dollars by the Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price index for all commodities (1985 = 100). 
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 
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