44. WESTERN YELLOW PINE IN ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO. 
TABLE 23.—Percentage of grades of rough lumber cut from western yellow pine 
in Arizona and New Mexico band-saw mills. 

Northern Arizona. 
fii Rl oe ee Was tee meee a le eee ee eee |WIN OIG rtd 
New 
Grades. : Mill No. 2. Mill No. 3. Mexico, 
Mill Mill 
No. 1, No. 1 
1202. 1909 1907 1908 1909 
OC aT oe Pian oie ete kee NH ae hay eae oth as 0. 94 6.6 Uo 9.0 9 5.0 
ho LS) (216) reat nes eat tr Ae os ete we te an Earn one a 1.03 Be Se | avec sece os aye pee oer areca eee 7.0 
INOiSHOD as ech ee eee eee 3. 39 Pl eee ee ose ats alee eee alk O - 
IN OLE2ESITO Ets eet sy ernie re Sue 12.95 9.3 10.0 9.63 10 23.0 
INOW SISO tees see ean cto ee oe pe etal Deals Sue epee ale es eet etal eee ee | ee 
INO INCOM O Ne eee ete Sete cohen iealians een 4.99 15.8 22.90 22.34 22 10 
INO 2 (COMMIT OT ees Sse Ae age ce ee ae 28. 22 18.0 16. 42 12.0 12 215 
1B Xap: 1 ee opel aa oe rie Rina any eC ey mPa 14.77 17.0 36.55 39.90 40 136.0 
IMEC UL Seda ees Sree ch ae penetra 15.98 18.6 6.77 Uo ll3} a 26.5 
ALS Geni een 8 yaaa ie cee tn Se 99. 98 100 100 100 106 100 






1 No. 3 common. 
2 Designated as No. 4, No. 5, and (culls) No. 6 common. 
From Table 23 it is evident that the high percentage of grades 
below No. 3 shop is an important factor in any operation. These 
low grades must find a local market, since the high freight rates 
do not permit of their shipment. 
An operator in northern New Mexico estimated his average grade 
percentages: Clear, 5 per cent; No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 shop, 30 per 
cent ; No..1 common, from 1 to 5 per cent; No. 2 and No. 3 common, 
from 50 to 60 per cent; and mill culls, 5 per cent. The western 
yellow pine inthis case grew in mixture with Douglas fir, white fir, 
and Engelmann spruce. A 32-inch circular saw was used. _ 
In southern New Mexico a band-saw mill that cut 15 per cent west- 
ern yellow pine and 85 per cent of Douglas fir and associated species, 
cut the following grades in the proportions shown: 


Grades. — 1906 1907 

Per cent. | Per cent. 
16 

Selectsian dhe tter 25 See ee a at Be eae eg A eee ae Rr 
INO 2 COMMON E Sse se Se ae ete he SST Se ne 25 27 
INOS DEC OTITIVO MR aoa aie rr Teen oa a a See oe ene 50 48 
INOn:3; Comin ons (boxing) sce 32S sete eae ae oe alee re a ee eee 14 16 


In 1906 a mill tally at Maine, Ariz., showed the percentages of 
grades cut from 112,963 board feet, by a 2-inch circular saw, to be: 
Dimension, chiefly No. 1 and No. 2 common, 27 per cent; clear, 11 
per cent; shop, 8 per cent; common, 36 per cent; box, 9 per cent; 
and cull, 9 per cent. 
A still more detailed mill tally, based on 56 trees, was made in 
1907 at the Dye sawmill, on the Jemez National Forest. Here also a 
2-inch circular saw was used. The results of the tally are shown 
in Table 24. : 




