10 BULLETIN 753, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
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with reasonable cordwood stumpage prices. Such material should, 
however, not be so used except in cases of emergency, when other 
stumpage can not be secured. It is reasonable that higher prices 
should be paid for stumpage when the area is to be cut clear than 
when only an improvement cutting is to be made, since the latter 
method increases the cost of cutting somewhat and besides takes 
material of the least value, the removal of which is a distinct benefit 
to the forest. In many cases an owner can well afford to give mate- 
rial from improvement cuttings or thinnings to anyone who will 
cut it. 
Average stumpage prices ordinarily range from 50 cents to $1.50 
per cord. | 
ESTIMATING STANDING CORDWOOD. 
- While cordwood is generally sold on the basis of measurement after 
it is cut and corded up, it is frequently desirable, especially in case 
of buying entire tracts, to estimate the amount of wood while still 
standing. This can be done by methods similar to those used for 
saw timber. Table 5+ shows roughly the number of trees of different 
diameters required to make a cord. 
TABLE 5.—Numoer of trees required to yield 1 cord. 
Hardwoods. 
2 : E Northern Soft- 
Diameter of tree (breast high, outside bark). Southern 
? (beech (chestnut, woods. 
oak, hick- 
ete.). ory, etc.). 
DSc SN 10S Fa, OO Ag RRR TREY Re pb OTe LAG ON ALD (ae ele 170 oat ee Se 
qb Sy £2 A eae eee ee RE en Ceca Liesl. En iets Lee? | TC [ese) oman: oe A 
i Os oe a aI ORT MD Gey aE ON Aree ane Rat Pe ig Sey: Fe ihe, epee 
Fics 4 OA TUAD Sas > A Oe RRR OE Caen ey BCS Sh eee ee | 35 D5. Merce k tons 
GRR eps Rn Fah hy Ree ae Ce NCO 20 175 Bees 
Hl cM ae” Tas AD aed REE OR RON LOS ie tea ROPE ODA Nip es 8) 15 13 20 
BRE Tama EIA Gn te ne tet SNe gele a SRP y OM mar ct 1 9 13 
C14 Daher ih, See TS RRR! OR EO MAUR Sie NTO) Rip nid oGs Ee 8 7 10 
ARMIN. Ne ee ol hee TS ate? Caw Epa ee ne 65: 6 | 8 
Apr EMER meta WE ea ie ae Ne ate SN ee MO 5 5a 7 
(Ei aE eee piget h npe eOE Um oS COUN ea Pina ORD Gr i) 4 reg 6 
TL. on ee RS es SEN tat ERR PRE Te eine eur Rep 3.5 3.4 | 4.5 
Tit Sn Re Ge edt RO OE ER ee SOD ee eM Re ene 2 58. 3.0 3.0 Se 
fe aE irs Cg Ge Oo ae IO NS ee 2.5 2.5 3.0 
AGRE OR SIR Be ed ep RAS ae. Dy ee 2.0 2.2 2.5 
i CROCE Sah fee ee ee We eae oS Mm oy Ae 167, 2.0 2.1 
PMN ER OY Syl e ETS TROU NG cee fg acts in ho aR 1.5 1.8 1.9 
1GMMUNDMI ERS eae iiali SNL Pate LE: Tair eee amans 13 1.5 1.6 
a aget ay HOM RU a Tey Ge Wk Aeon POLY 6 em ne 1.2 1.3 1.5 
Th) Gee Pele PRA Sb) OS Sh TOV GON eer EM URNS ROE) RUMI E Ca 1.0 1.2 1.4 
Fa oe ne ee ER ANIC, SMR RE SET HRN ea eG Cai 9 ei 1.2 
DAMMe Nee at! Leh: Ciena NGG Lee 07 APA A ee hc, SN “8 1.0 | rei 
Fase SLR SD NRO pe SIR CO RR PNR aN TU ENC AIS OB a7 9 | 1.0 
The figures given are for trees of average height: allowances 
should be made in case of unusually short or tall timber. 
1“ Measuring and Marketing Woodlot Products,’ Farmers’ Bulletin 715, by Wis, ae 
Mattoon and W. B. Barrows. 
