THE ASHES : THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND MANAGEMENT. 
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Ash stumpage, especially small second-growth trees conveniently 
located, will very often be worth more if made into handles (PI. 
XII), baseball bats, oars, etc., than if cut into lumber. 
From the standpoint of management the value of second-growth 
stands is the important thing, and this in turn depends largely on 
the proportion of grades which any particular stand will cut. Table 
17 indicates the percentage of the different grades cut from second- 
growth white ash under 75 years of age of different diameters from 
comparatively straight and sound trees, such as would be grown in 
properly managed second-growth stands. 1 The second half of this 
table shows the f. o. b. mill-run value per thousand board feet of 
trees of different diameters, taking the following f. o. b. prices for 
the different grades: 
Firsts 
and 
seconds. 
No. 1 
common. 
No. 2 
common. 
No. 3 
common. 
High 
$60 
50 
40 
$35 
30 
25 
$25 
20 
15 
$15 
10 
5 
Table 17. — Per cent of grades cut from white ash trees of different diameters, for compara- 
tively straight and sound trees under 75 years old, andf. o. b. mill values of the same. 
Diameter 
breast- 
high. 
Firsts 
and sec- 
onds. 
Grade. 
F. o. b. mill value per 1,000 
board feet. 
1 com- 
mon. 
2 com- 
mon. 
3 com- 
mon. 
High. 
Average. 
Low. 
Inches. 
8 
10 
12 
14 
16 
18 
20 
Inches. 
Per cent. 
53 
51 
47 
42 
42 
39 
36 
Per cent. 
34 
41 
40 
30 
22 
19 
15 
Per cent. 
13 
7 
6 
6 
7 
7 
6 
$29.00 
29.75 
31.55 
36.30 
38.65 
40.75 
42.75 
$24.00 
24.70 
26.20 
29.20 
32.20 
33.70 
35.90 
$19.00 
19.65 
20.85 
24. 10 
25.75 
26.95 
28.75 
1 
7 
22 
29 
35 
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Stated in general terms, the mill-run value of second-growth ash 
from comparatively straight and sound trees of all three commercial 
species is about as follows: 
Size of 
trees in 
diameter, 
breast- 
high. 
Mill-run value per 1,000 board 
feet. 
Low. 
Average. 
High. 
Inches. 
7 to 11 
12 to 16 
17 to 21 
$20 
24 
28 
$24 
29 
34 
$29 
36 
40 
i Based on a mill scale study made in western New York of the cut by grades of 43 white ash logs from 
trses 8 to 20 inches in diameter, breasthigh, and 40 to 70 years old. 
