Cost Of Producing White Pine Lumber In New England

Author : Michael R. C. Massie
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484607407
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Price of White Pine Stumpage and Lumber During the Movement of New Hampshire Sawmills Into and Out of Production (Classic Reprint) written by Michael R. C. Massie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Price of White Pine Stumpage and Lumber During the Movement of New Hampshire Sawmills Into and Out of Production Active sawmills were tabulated each year from 1946 to 1961, and the annual cut of white pine lumber was compared with the number of active mills each year. Stumpage prices were calculated for each year, as were the changes in stumpage price from one year to the next. Lum ber prices for 4 grades and 2 sizes of lumber were compiled from quota tions by the Boston Commercial Bulletin. These prices by grade and size through the years, reflecting the New England price, were com pared by years with both sawmill movement and stumpage prices. The results of the study indicate that there has been a significant de cline in the number of operating sawmills in New Hampshire from 1946 to 1961 and that the movement from production of a larger number of New Hampshire sawmills has not been accompanied by any significant increase in sawmill size. This conclusion is supported by the fact that there has been a decline in the annual cut of white pine lumber at a rate equal to, or greater than, the rate of decline in production units. During the sawmill movement stumpage prices for white pine have increased relatively greater and faster than lumber prices. While lum ber prices have increased significantly in general, most of the increase has come in the upper grades. Typically, number 4 common lumber has shown the least change in price. The decline in the New Hampshire sawmill industry has occurred during a period when the margin between stumpage and lumber prices has become increasingly narrower. Several other factors not covered in this paper are also felt to be causative, but the extent of their effect is unknown. The narrow margin has resulted from an adverse price-quality relationship between stumpage and the derived lumber. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.