There is a ton of information listed in the archives of this forum. The "search tool" works really well. It might help you to check out this feature. It helped me.
You did not mention oak as a species in your woodlot. That wood be the obvious choice. Another tip is to talk to a sawyer and see what they like to cut. I know in my case the mill pretty much determined the maximum length of beams and the sawyer had some tips about what kinds of wood he liked to work with for certain applications.
Pine is a favoite of the mill for reasons of reliabilty and predictabilty. Good luck!
