Table 1. — Net volume of products cut and sold at roadside, 1954-60 



Peeled 



Year ^'"^ ^ ^'f^ Hardwood Hardwood Pine Fence h^j^ooa 



pulpwood sawlogs sawlogs ruelwood piling posts pulpwood 







1,000 



1,000 





Lineal 









Units^ 



bd. ft.' 



bd. ft.' 



Units^ 



feet 



No. 



Units^ 



19543 



8.067 



1.795 



3.865 



6.000 



226 



11 





1955 



4.044 



.935 



2.620 



6.990 









1956 



5.406 



2.135 



1.140 









4.987 



1957 



5.727 



1.015 



2.145 









3.000 



1958 



5.687 



1.260 



1.485 









5.344 



1959 



5.781 



.725 



1.250 









3.500 



i960 



6.425 





1.325 









3.806 



Total 



41.137 



7.865 



13.830 



12.990 



226 



11 



20.637 



1I6O cubic feet each. 



2 International 14 -inch rule. 



3 The 1954 cut unintentionally exceeded annual growth; it was calculated from a preliminary growth esti- 

 mate that later was found to be too high. 



averages of those prevailing in southern Maryland at the time, were: $3 

 per unit for pine pulpwood, $0.25 per unit for hardwood pulpwood, 

 and $12 per thousand board feet for run-of -the- woods sawtimber. 



The costs and returns (table 2) are for the logging operation plus a 

 total of 60 man-hours in chemi-peeling hardwoods for pulpwood from 

 1956 through i960. After-logging cultural treatments, averaging 13 man- 

 hours per year, are not included. If done by the owner alone, he could 

 write them off as a time investment only, except for a small outlay for 

 chemicals and hand tools. One person could perform the prescribed 

 treatments — although when burning slash, it would be advisable for 

 two people to be on hand. The 7-year total labor requirements for the 

 cultural treatments were: 



Man- 

 hours 



Hardwood control with silvicides 15 



Prescribed slash burning 55 



Planting pine seedlings 16 



Weeding pine reproduction 8 



Our inputs, particularly those for cultural work, would not strictly 

 apply to other woodlands. Also, they vary on the same tract from year 

 to year. For example, because of poor seed crops in 1955 and 1956, our 

 pine patch cuttings in those years did not restock well with pine. So 



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