EXHIBIT 23

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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The Board of Directors
Deltic Timber Corporation


We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No. 
333-34317) on Form S-8 of Deltic Timber Corporation of our report dated February
13, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Deltic Timber 
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the related 
consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1997, which report is 
included in the December 31, 1997 annual report on Form 10-K of Deltic Timber 
Corporation.



KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
Shreveport, Louisiana
March 27, 1998






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