能登地方におけるアテ材・スギ材の価格(第2報) : 輪島木材市場の価格について

Relationships between the price and the diameter at the top end of logs of Ate (Thujopsis dolabrata Sieb. et Zucc.) and Sugi(Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) were surveyed in Wajima timber maket.
The price of 3 or 6 meter logs was high when the diameter was within a certain range suitable for a pillar use, but it does not rise even if the diameter exceeded the range. In 3.8 meter logs, the price and the diameter had a good correlation in which the price rose with increasing diameter.
In general, the price of logs of Ate is twice as high as that of Sugi in this district and, although Ate grows slowly in the early period of the life, it seems to be desirable to promote the reforestation of Ate from the view point of price.