stumpage

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Trees and other standing timber, treated as a commodity.

   • C. S. Sargent Only trees above a certain size are allowed to be cut by loggers buying stumpage from the owners of land.
2. 2

   The value of this timber.

3. 3

   The right to fell such timber.

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   1. 4

      The fee for the right to fell such timber.

      • The cost of getting logs from the stump to the various sawmills, including cutting, hauling, driving, boomage, shorage, tolls, and other expenses, is, on an average, from $8 to $8.50 per 1000 feet. The average cost of stumpage is $2

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