THE EASTEEN HEMLOCK. 

Table 3 gives the average mill-run value per thousand board feet 
of hemlock lumber in different States for years for which census figures 
are available. 
Table 3. — Average value per thousand board feet of hemlock lumber, by years and States. 
State. 
Value of lumber per 1,000 board feet. 
1912 
1911 
1910 
1909 
1908 
1907 
1906 
1904 
1899 
Northeastern group: 
Maine 
$14.53 
15.08 
15.59 
$14. 64 
14.89 
14.65 
16.51 
15.50 
15.54 
12.44 
13.03 
14.33 
13.75 
14.66 
12.36 
11.89 
11.08 
$15. 87 
14.99 
14.96 
16.59 
16.68 
17.08 
12.51 
12.25 
14.94 
11.25 
14.69 
12.27 
10.57 
9.73 
$14. 03 
15.02 
14.38 
15.59 
16.70 
17.56 
11.86 
12.06 
12.97 
13.02 
14.81 
13.31 
13.64 
11.61 
$13. 75 
13.98 
14.95 
13.39 
15.00 
16.29 
12.02 
12.34 
14.53 
12.71 
13.68 
13.02 
11.76 
12.07 
$15. 37 
15.49 
16.04 
15.84 
20.00 
16.42 
14.79 
14.60 
16.63 
13.86 
15.56 
14.65 
13.72 
12.29 
$14. 76 
14.85 
16.51 
14.88 
19.00 
17.16 
13.40 
14.43 
15.69 
14.49 
16.12 
12.64 
13.99 
13.14 
$11. 66 
11.72 
12.54 
13.28 
13.96 
12.65 
11.22 
11.07 
12.98 
13.51 
11.52 
11.23 
11.85 
9.51 
$10.83 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
10.70 
10.19 
11.84 
New York 
15.98 
15.41 
13.19 
13.00 
11.10 
Pennsylvania . . 
10.46 
Lake group: 
Michigan 
9.00 
9.37 
Southern group: 
Maryland 
7.98 
Virginia 
9.95 
West Virginia 
14.64 
8.29 
Kentucky 
9.05 
Tennessee 
8.97 
North Carolina 
9.87 
Average 
13.59 
13.85 
13.95 
13.65 
15.53 
15.31 
11.91 
9.98 
From table 3 it will be seen that the value of hemlock lumber has 
fluctuated from year to year, both locally and for the country as a 
whole. The price was highest in 1907, and the effect of this upon 
stumpage values during the subsequent years is shown elsewhere in 
this bulletin. There are, of course, local deviations from the average 
values given for a State. In central Wisconsin, for example, an aver- 
age price of about $15.40 per thousand board feet, mill run, prevailed 
in December, 1912. Apportioned by grades this amounted to $17.50 
per thousand for No. 1, $15.50 for No. 2, and $10.50 for No. 3 lumber. 
During 1911 average prices of $15.40, $12.65, and $7.44 per thousand, 
respectively, were received for the same grades by one large firm in 
the same region. Compared with these values the prices paid for 
hemlock logs are high. Prices paid by operators at Wausau, Wis., 
are about as follows: 
Length of 
logs. 
Winter of— 
1912-13 
1911-12 
1910-11 
Feet. 
12 to 14 
16 to 16 
18 to 20 
22 to 24 
$9.50 
10.00 
10.50 
11.00 
$7.50 
8.00 
8.50 
9.00 
$8.00 
8.50 
9.00 
9.50 
The logs were scaled by the Scribner " Decimal C." rule. 
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