Calif. 
Colo. 
Idaho 
FOREST PRODUCTS 
Market Structure and Functional Operation 
Marketing Practices and Other Price Determining Factors 
for Logs and Stumpage. To (1) identify, describe, and 
analyze factors influencing prices of logs and of stumpage 
in a particular forest area; (2) identify principal buyers 
of these products in area, the market areas of individual 
buyers, and factors determining market areas; (3) identify 
sellers of products in area, sources of market contacts 
available to sellers, and factors determining selection 
among market contacts; (4) analyze changes of last five years 
in market forces, characteristics, and influences identified; 
(5) develop a concept of market applicable to observed con- 
ditions, establish criteria for delineation of market areas, 
and define market area of which study area is a part; and 
(6) learn possibility and usefulness of establishing an 
organized market information service for logs and stumpage 
under conditions of marketing and price determination. 
For. 1711 (WM-31) 
Price-Determining Factors and Marketing Practices for 
Sawtimber Stumpage of Private Timberland Owners in Colorado. 
To (1) describe the marketing system for Colorado stumpage 
with reference to; a. availability and location of markets; 
be stability of markets and prices; c. types of buyers and 
transactions; (2) analyze the pricing system of Colorado 
stumpage as to; ae existing competition; b. variations in 
prices; c. factors affecting prices of logs and stumpage; 
and (3) evaluate the effectiveness of various marketing 
practices on income received by timber owners, and develop 
procedures for improving market and pricing systems. 
For. 239 (WM-31) Coope FS 
Marketing Practices and Price Analysis of Idaho Non- 
Industrial Logs and Stumpage. To (1) describe the marketing 
system for logs and stumpage with reference to; a. avail- 
ability and location of markets; b. stability of markets; 
c. type of buyers and transaction; (2) analyze the pricing 
system of log and stumpage markets with emphasis on; 
ae existing competition; b. factors affecting prices; and 
(3) evaluate the effectiveness of various marketing practices 
on income received by timber owners, and provide a basis for 
improving market and pricing systems. 
Agr. Econ., For. 311 (WM-31) 
