UTILIZATION OF ASH. # A” 
TABLE 19.—Proportion of different grades cut from white asnr trees of different 
diameters, from comparatively straight and sound trees under 75 years old, 
and value f. 0. b. mill of the lumber which could be produced from them. 
F. o. b. mill value per 1,000 
Grades of lumber. Hoard ifock. 
Diameter breast high. 
Firsts 
No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 : 
o A 4 ct Vs 
and | common.|common.|common.| Heh. |Average.| Low. 
seconds 
Inches. Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. 
Sateen pee ge, | i Se eee ee ee ine 53 34 13 $29. 00 $24. 00 $19.00 
HL (eo ee DS a AE oP Eh 1 51 41 rl 29.75 24. 70 19.65 
TPR sO Sy a atc an aan yee aan 7 47 40 6 3k. 55 26. 20 20.85 
LS ee RCO Bann dace. Bee seers 22 42 30 6 30.30 29. 20 24.10 
SURES 28 ees St RSS ORS eres 29 42 22 Uf 38. 65 32. 20 25409 
TY Ree SRS 28 ee nee ee 35 39 19 i 40.75 33. 70 26.95 
705: 38 IO ay oe Nene speed ae aoe eae ae 43 36 15 6 42.75 35. 90 28.75 
Stated in general terms, the mill-run value of second-growth ash | 
from comparatively straight and sound trees of all three commercial 
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species ranges about as follows: 
Value f. 0. b. mill per 1,000 
board feet of lumber. 
Size of trees in diameter breast high. 
Low. High. 
eee BN aTI COS apo ae is etoe ears eee sc toters ea ee Sapo oe See h mes alae See eee & $20 $24 €29 
HE EG IVC OS oars woe eer ota eg ec foqere Se (s(t ee ee Se <.cimsSialuie wkcmys arolesiorersiod 24 29 36 
Tizfaval Tra Vel seks utes See a < ene Se oe ee Oe ee ae ae oh were Gea o meee 28 34 40 
Taking $14 as an average cost for logging and milling, allowing 
20 per cent for profit, and using the average values given above, 
would give average stumpage values as folleas. 
Average 
Size of trees stumpage 
in diameter value per 
breast high. | 1,000 board 
feet. 
7-11 inches. - | $7. 20 
12-16 inches- -} 12. 20 
17-21 inches. + 17. 20 
Probably a record price for ash stumpage was paid in 1913 in 
east-central Illinois (near the Indiana line) when $32 per thousand 
board feet was paid for a quarter million feet of old-growth white 
ash, while on the same tract $125 per thousand board feet was paid 
for black walnut, $24.75 for white oak, and $18.05 for hickory. 
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT POINTS. 
Ash lumber is an extremely valuable wood for special uses. The 
supply of standing ash timber is becoming limited, and to maintain 
enough to meet the demand commercial growing of ash is necessary. 
