Table 
33 BTTLLETIX 909, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGBKJULTUBE. 
wood do not applv. Standard thicknesses for walnut are as follows 
(in inches) : J, |, J, f. |, 1. 1J, H. If, 2. n. 3. 3J, 4. 4J, 5. 5^. and 6. 
As walnut logs are generally not purchased 
according to certain specified grades, the 
prices for logs of different size and quality 
are quite indefinite. The value of each log is, 
as a rule, determined by the log buyer. 
The representative prices of Arkansas logs, 
on the track at Kansas City, in 1913. based on 
a freight rate of 20 cents, or about Sl8 to S2^ ; 
a thousand board feet, are shown in Table 7. 
The average shipment brought about 860 
a thousand feet, which is approximately the 
average price for 20-inch logs. Just before the war walnut logs were 
costing the large walnut operators between $50 and $60 a thousand 
board feet, on the average, at the factory. 
The prices paid for several years past by one firm for three differ- 
ent grades of walnut logs at the factory are given in Table 8 : 
Table S. 
Diameter (inches). 
Price, 
1.000 board 
feet. 
12to 13 
$25 
35 
45 
57 
65 
85 
110 
145 
210 
14 to 15 
16tol7 
l^TO 19 
20to21 
22to23 
24 to 25 
26 to 27. . . 
2Sandup 
Diameter (inches). 
Xo. 1 
(practically 
clear, gen- 
erally 16 
inches and 
over). 
Xo. 2 
(medium 
quality). 
Xo. 3 
(poor 
quality). 
10 to 14 
$50 
55 
60 
§35 
40 
45 
50 
55 
60 
75 
S5 
$25 
15 to 17 ... 
30 
Is to 20 
33 
21 to 22 
70 
SO 
90 
105 
115 
35 
23 to 24 
40 
25 to 26 
45 
26 to 2S 
50 
29 and up 
55 
During the war. in order to make more timber available, higher 
prices were paid for walnut logs than had been paid before. The 
War Industries Board of the Council of Xational Defense drew up 
a schedule of fair prices for walnut logs and stump age as shown 
in Table 9 : 
Table 9. 
12 to 14... 
15 to 16... 
17 to IS... 
19 to 20... 
21 to 22... 
23 to 24.... 
25 to 2(3.... 
27 to 28.... 
29 to 30... 
31 and up. 
Diameter (inches). 
Prices of black walnut 
logs, 8 feet long and 
over, f. o. b. cars at 
railroad. 
Equivalent value for 
standing timber. 
Minimum, i Maximum. : Mjnimn m, '< Maximum. 
1.000 board j 1,000 board j 1,000 board 1.000 board 
feet. feet. feet. feet. 
$45 
$55 
S20 
00 
65 
30 
65 
75 
40 
75 
85 
50 
85 
95 
60 
95 
105 
70 
105 
115 
SO 
115 
125 
90 
125 
135 
100 
135 
150 
110 
$35 
45 
50 
60 
70 
80 
90 
100 
110 
120 
