========================================================================== | | | | | Labor. MONTH. | Powder,| Fuse, | Caps, | Stumps, |-------------------- | lbs. | ft. | No. | No. | Hours. | Dollars. -----------------|--------|--------|-------|---------|--------|----------- June | 13,700 | 10,100 | 2,400 | 2,135 | 2,380 | $650.00 July | 1,750 | 2,050 | 400 | 239 | 260 | 87.00 August | 2,750 | 2,700 | 700 | 445 | 324 | 114.90 September | 1,950 | 2,160 | 500 | 383 | 324 | 126.37 October | 1,250 | 1,000 | 300 | 237 | 198 | 77.53 November | 2,350 | 3,100 | 800 | 378 | 283 | 114.97 |--------|--------|-------|---------|--------|----------- Total | 23,750 | 21,100 | 5,100 | 3,818 | 3,709 | $1,170.77 Av. pr. Stump | 6.22 | 5.52 | 1.33 | | 0.987 | 0.3006 Av. Cost, cents | 19.76 | 2.37 | .87 | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The average cost of the removal of each stump is shown below: _Cents._ Powder 49.76 Fuse 2.37 Caps .87 Labor 30.66 ----- Total 83.06 The average cost of the materials used was as follows: Powder, per pound, 8 cents; fuse, per 100 feet, 43 cents; caps, per 100, 65 cents. [Illustration: Plate No. 31.--View of Second Avenue, Seattle, During Parade of Marines from Atlantic Fleet, May 26, 1908.] [Illustration: Plate No. 32.--A Corner of the Seattle Public Market. Truck Gardeners Find Ready Sale for Their Wares Here the Year Round.] [Page 37] There are probably two and one-third million acres of logged-off lands in the state, of which only half a million are under tillage or pasturage. The same report shows the distribution of these lands as follows: