UTILIZATION OF BLACK WALNUT. 
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Table 14. — Average wholesale prices per 1,000 board feet of different cabinet 
woods for different years and quarter-years, based on Jf/4-inch, No. 1 common 
grade at Chicago. 
Year. 
Walnut. 
Red gum. 
Plain 
white oak. 
$55. 57 
$26. 18 
$33. 11 
57.75 
24.91 
37.95 
57.22 
22.40 
34.60 
56.00 
21.71 
32.33 
60.75 
26.38 
35.12 
59.67 
30.00 
35.67 
57.00 
33.67 
37.67 
62.00 
38.00 
40.33 
65.33 
37.67 
37.00 
65.67 
39.00 
40.33 
65.17 
39.67 
41.83 
67. 50 
42.50 
46.67 
67.50 
41.83 
46.67 
67.50 
40.67 
46.67 
68.17 
45.00 
51.00 
84.00 
73.00 
72.33 
110. 17 
90.50 
85.67 
175. 50 
157. 17 
133. 00 
205.83 
156. 33 
153.: 3 
Birch. 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917: 
First quarter... 
Second quarter, 
Third quarter.. 
Fourth quarter 
1918: 
First quarter... 
Second quarter 
Third quarter.. 
Fourth quarter 
1919: 
First quarter. . . 
Second quarter. 
Third quarter.. 
Fourth quarter 
1920: 
First quarter. . . 
Second quarter. 
$25. 00 
28. 50 
26.70 
25. 00 
27.71 
30.67 
37.33 
40.67 
39.33 
36.00 
38.50 
40.50 
40.50 
38.50 
37.83 
48.50 
56.33 
115.00 
148. 33 
METHODS AND COST OF LOGGING. 
Because of the scattered growth, methods of logging walnut timber 
differ from those employed for timber found in large quantities. 
Walnut is often cut by the owner and hauled to the railroad ; some- 
times it is cut and hauled by a local representative of the mill pur- 
chasing it or by the independent buyer with his own teams or truck. 
Hauling logs by large automobile trucks long distances to the rail- 
road or mill is becoming quite a common practice. Large mills 
sometimes employ a regular corps of logging crews, trucks, and 
teams, which cover different walnut areas systematically, picking up 
all available walnut timber as they go. During the war some firms 
covered the ground very thoroughly; at first they sent out men to 
locate suitable timber, then they sent buyers to purchase it, and later 
they sent cutters, teams, and trucks to fell it and load it at the 
railroad or to haul- it to the mill if that was not too far distant. Some 
firms that do their own logging have trucks specially equipped with 
cables and windlass, with which logs may be dragged out of steep 
gullies and other difficult places and loaded. Three hundred board 
feet of average-sized logs weigh about 2,500 pounds and are consid- 
ered a large wagonload. A motor truck should carry up to four 
times that amount and make much more frequent trips. 
As walnut splits somewhat easily it is necessary to exercise unusual 
care in felling the tree, especially if there is a large crotch, for the 
split may extend a long distance below the fork into the large trunk 
and cause considerable loss. 
