Table 2. — Annual returns, 1954-60 



Returns 



I ear 



i\.oaa vaiuc 



ncJuipiiiciiL 



Net- 



A/f ^1 n - nrvn 



Per 







of products^ 



costs- 



return 



worked 



man-hour^ 



alone 



1954 



$318.16 



$55.95 



$262.21 



193 



$1.36 



$82.45 



1955 



180.33 



37.45 



142.88 



133 



1.07 



40.81 



1956 



219.05 



36.10 



182.95 



133 



1.38 



49.92 



Lyj 1 





zu.ou 



1 79 02 



1 02 



i .DO 





1958 





47.50 



166.95 



139 



1.20 



42.72 



1959 



166.99 



45.85 



121.14 



136 



.89 



35.01 



I960 



160.65 



32.40 



128.25 



106 



1.21 



28.15 



Total 



$1,453.36 



$276.05 



$1,177.31 



943 





$322.70 



Av./yr. 



$207.62 



$39.44 



$168.20 



135 



$1.25 



$46.10 



1 Includes stumpage. 



2Rates charged were $1.50 per hour for die wheeled tractor and $0.50 per hour for the chain saw. 



16 man-hours were spent in planting these with Virginia and loblolly 

 pines. Also, time spent in slash burning cannot be predicted exactly; 

 ours ranged from 15 man-hours one year to only 4 in another. 



Private woodland owners applying cultural practices such as the four 

 listed above are eligible for cost-sharing payments, ranging from 50 to 

 80 percent of the treatment cost, through the Agricultural Conservation 

 Program (ACP) . And forest planting stock is provided at no cost to 

 Maryland landowners. 



Discussion 



We have shown that a modest income can be realized each year from 

 a small woodland such as the one on which we worked. Our average 

 net roadside return (including stumpage) was $168.20, about $1.25 per 

 man-hour worked. This man-hour return can be realized where the 

 owner and his helper do the harvesting themselves, the way some 

 forest-land owners prefer to operate. However, if the owner had hired 

 two assistants to do all of the work, say for $1.25 per hour each, it is 

 obvious that there would not have been any return left for the owner 

 at all — not even the return from stumpage; so in a situation like this, 

 where the owner is not able to work on the harvesting operation him- 

 self, he would be better off to sell his wood products as stumpage and 

 forego the roadside value. 



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