It must vary greatly by region. Here in Coulee country , when my BIL and sister owned the land and still had the dairy they got screwed on logging of their 50 acres of woods, imo, and there were some substantial trees back then, oak , hickory, cherry, walnut, etc. The were paid nowhere near 40 to 50%. The loggers made a mockery of the woods as well. They would destroy a couple dozen young trees and saplings to skid out one mature tree. Tops left everywhere after they had promised to skid them to the fields so I could cut them up. It took many years for the woods to recover and invasives completely over ran some areas which I did my best to remedy with my amish weed eater. The rose bushes and prickly ash have completely taken over some areas. YMMV! Does not matter now though as they had to sell the farm.
