Value loss from weevil-caused defects in eastern white pine lumber

Myron D. Ostrander; Carl H. Stoltenberg

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Value loss from weevil-caused defects in eastern white pine lumber

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Myron D. Ostrander, Carl H. Stoltenberg

Year:

1957

Type:

Forest Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Forest Research Note NE-73. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 2p.

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Abstract

Owners of eastern white pine stands suffer financially in several ways from attacks by the white-pine weevil (Pissodes strobi). Crooks, forks, and other weevil-caused tree-bole deformities increase bucking, logging, and sawing costs, and they reduce recoverable volumes. The injuries also reduce the average value of the lumber recovered. It is only with this reduction in the value of lumber produced that this report deals.

Citation

Ostrander, Myron D.; Stoltenberg, Carl H. 1957. Value loss from weevil-caused defects in eastern white pine lumber. Forest Research Note NE-73. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 2p.