FOREST MANAGEMENT OF LOBLOLLY PINE. 
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and in case either of the teams becomes stalled. It takes about an 
hour to load and unload a wagon. When more than one trip a day 
is made, 20 cents per trip (10 cents per thousand) extra should be 
added for additional labor to assist in loading. Taking the above 
figures as a basis, the cost of hauling different distances is as follows: 
Table 7. — Cost of hauling lumber, including loading and unloading . 
Distance of mill from rail- 
road or local market. 
Hauling cost per M b. f. 
Number of trips under average 
conditions. 
Cost of 
team, So 
minimum. 
Cost of 
team, S6 
average. 
Cost of 
team, §7 
maximum. 
16 miles 
12 miles 
8 miles . 
6 miles . 
4 miles . 
2^ miles 
1J miles 
lmile.. 
1 trip in 2 days. 
2 trips in 3 days 
1 trip daily 
3 trips in 2 days 
2 trips daily 
3 trips daily 
4 trips daily 
5 trips daily 
So. 00 
3.75 
2.50 
1.67 
1.33 
i.m 
.87 
.83 
?6.00 
4.50 
3.00 
2.00 
1.60 
1.20 
1.05 
1.00 
87. 00 
5.25 
3.50 
2.33 
1.87 
1.40 
1.13 
1.17 
Total Cost of Lumber. 
Combining the average costs given in Tables 6 and 7 gives Table 
8, which shows the average total cost of producing lumber at different 
distances from the railroad or local markets. 
Table 8. — Cost of producing loblolly pine lumber, per tuousand board feet. 
16 miles - $12. 00 
12 miles 10. 50 
8 miles .'... 9. 00 
6 miles 8.00 
4 miles $7. 60 
2 miles 7. 20 
1 mile 7. 00 
The cost of producing North Carolina pine in southeastern Virginia 
for the general lumber market by moderate-sized mills varies much 
less with the distance of the timber from the railroad than in the case 
of small portable mills. The larger mills are located on a railroad or 
on water affording facilities for direct transportation to the general 
market, and use narrow-gauge railroads, locally called trams, for 
transporting logs from the woods to the mill. These mills have a 
usual capacity of about 15,000 feet per day, and an actual output of 
from 2 to 3 million feet a year. Where small portable mills can 
profitably be set up for a cutting of only 50,000 feet, a moderate- 
sized mill with tram and dry kiln requires a stand of 2 million or more 
feet to be logged to the mill at a single point. The cost of producing 
North Carolina pine in southeastern Virginia by moderate-sized 
mills where there is a cut of 5 million feet accessible to one set-up is 
given in Table 9. For larger cuts from one setting of mill and tram 
the cost of tramming and milling would be less. 
