UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LODGEPOLE PINE. 
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individual pieces. Table 11 shows the prices now in effect in lodge- 
pole sales similar to those on the Deerlodge Forest. The Govern- 
ment obtains practically the same total return on all classes of 
material cut annually. The lower prices on smaller-sized material 
tend to encourage thinnings, while the higher prices for the larger 
timber offset the decreased returns from the former. 
Table 11. — Rate per cubic foot and price per piece for lodgepole-pine timber, Deerlodge 
National Forest, Mont. 
Length, 10 feet. 
Length 
12 feet. 
Length 
14 feet. 
Length 
16 feet. 
Length, 18 feet. 
Top diameter. 
Rate 
per cu- 
bic foot. 
Price 
per 
piece. 
Rate 
per cu- 
bic foot. 
Price 
per 
piece. 
Rate 
per cu- 
bic foot. 
Price 
per 
piece. 
Rate 
per cu- 
bic foot. 
Price 
per 
piece. 
Rate 
per cu- 
bic foot. 
Price 
per 
piece. 
Inches. 
4 . 
Cents. 
0.75 
.8 
1.0 
1.4 
1.7 
2.0 
2.1 
2.1 
Cents. 
1 
1 
2 
5 
7 
10 
13 
16 
Cents. 
1.0 
1.0 
1.1 
1.4 
1.8 
2.0 
2.1 
2.2 
2.2 
2.3 
2.4 
Cents. 
1.5 
2 
3 
6 
9 
13 
17 
21 
24 
30 
36 
Cents. 
0.75 
.8 
1.1 
1.4 
1.9 
2.0 
2.1 
2.2 
2.3 
2.4 
2.5 
2.6 
2.7 
2.8 
2.9 
Cents. 
1.5 
2.5 
4.0 
6.0 
11.0 
15.0 
20.0 
25.0 
31.0 
37.0 
45.0 
53.0 
62.0 
71.0 
83.0 
Cents. 
0.75 
.8 
1.2 
1.5 
1.9 
2.0 
2.1 
2.2 
2.3 
2.4 
2.5 
2.6 
2.7 
2.8 
2.9 
Cents. 
2 
3 
6 
8 
14 
18 
24 
30 
36 
44 
52 
62 
71 
84 
98 
Cents. 
0.75 
.9 
1.3 
1.6 
1.9 
2.0 
2.1 
2.2 
2.3 
2.4 
2.5 
2.6 
2.7 
2.8 
2.9 
Cents. 
2 
5 
4 
6 
7 
7 
11 
8 
16 
9 
21 
10 
27 
11 
34 
12 
43 
13 
52 
14 
60 
15 
71 
16 
83 
17 
95 
18 
109 
Length, 20 feet. 
Length, 25 feet. 
Length, 30 feet. 
Length, 35 feet. 
Length, 40 feet. 
Top diameter. 
Rate 
per cu- 
bic foot. 
Price 
per 
piece. 
Rate 
per cu- 
bic foot. 
Price 
per 
piece. 
Rate 
per cu- 
bic foot. 
Price 
per 
piece. 
Rate 
per cu- 
bic foot. 
Price 
per 
piece. 
Rate 
per cu- 
bic foot. 
Price 
per 
piece. 
Inches. 
4 
Cents. 
0.8 
1.0 
1.3 
1.6 
1.9 
2.0 
2.1 
2.2 
2.3 
2.4 
2.5 
2.6 
2.7 
2.8 
2.9 
Cents. 
2.5 
5 
8 
13 
19 
24 
31 
39 
49 
59 
70 
81 
94 
111 
125 
Cents. 
0.8 
1.0 
1.4 
1.7 
2.0 
2.1 
2.2 
2.3 
2.4 
2.5 
2.6 
2.7 
2.8 
2.9 
Cents. 
4 
6 
11 
18 
26 
34 
41 
54 
64 
79 
95 
110 
133 
150 
Cents. 
0.9 
1.2 
1.5 
1.9 
2.0 
2.1 
Cents. 
6 
10 
16 
26 
35 
45 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
5 
6 
1.7 
1.9 
2.0 
2.1 
23 
32 
44 
55 
1.8 
2.0 
2.1 
2.2 
31 
7 
44 
8. 
57 
9 
73 
10 
11... 
12 
13 
14. . 
15 
16 
17 
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Lower stumpage prices than those shown are often received for 
lodgepole-pine timber in many places where only small quantities 
are required for local use. In Montana the minimum price is approxi- 
mately $2.50 per thousand board feet. The price of lodgepole-pine 
stumpage in Forest Service timber sales ranges between this figure 
and $4.50 per thousand. On State and private lands the average 
prices are about the same, though in some cases the minimum may 
be lower than on the National Forests. 
