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STATE BOARD OF AGEICULTUEE. 



a half miles south of Almoiit village. The ahoA-e items in reference to the cotton- 

 wood are furnished by the donor, Mr. Joseph Bristol. 



The large specimen board of whitcAVOod or tulip tree came from a tree cut 

 some years ago. The tree made 5,060 feet of lumber. These items are given 

 by John N. Heth, Birmingham. 



I am informed of another white wood tree cut in Shelby which made 5,000 

 feet of lumber ; one board was four and a half feet wide. 



The following is taken from the Lansing Kepublican of April 18, 18 70, over 

 the initials G. S. T. : 



"I send you statement of logs cut by S. E, Sanford, of Muskegon, a man 

 well known in this State, whose figures are to be relied on. They were scaled 

 merchantable, — that is, all defects were taken out. Had they been scaled at 

 surface they would have shown much larger figures. Take, for example, the 

 first tree. The butt thrown out, it scaled 1,18G feet. Three logs scaled 5,530 

 feet, and nearly 2,000 feet left in the woods, making nearly 9,000 feet in this 

 one tree. 



''The following is a statement of the merchantable scale of twenty trees, cut 

 by S. R. Sanford in the town of Belvidere, Montcalm county, and scaled by 

 William Durno for John White, M. P., of Canada, who owns the laud and is 

 lumbering at Grand Haven : 



"One tree in 10-fcet lengths, 1,186 feet, cut off from butt, 3 logs scaled 5,520 

 feet; diameter at top 44 inches. One tree in 10-fcet lengths, 1,253 feet cut off 

 from butt, 3 logs, scaled 5,471 feet; diameter at top 43 inches. One tree in 

 8-feet lengths, 987 feet cut off from butt, 3 logs, scaled 4,683 feet; diameter at 

 top 40 inches. One same length, 974 feet olf butt, 4 logs, scaled 4,809 feet; 

 diameter at top 31 inches. 



Ko. Logs. 



Lengths in 

 feet. 



No. logs 

 in tree. 



4 

 4 



4 

 4 

 4 



Scaled 

 feet. 



4,705 



4,587 



4,370 

 4,652 



4,593 

 4.G49 



5,173 



Diameter 



at top in 



inches. 



33 



34 



32 

 35 



33 

 31 

 36 



No. Logs. 



5 

 5 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 2 

 3 



Diameter 



at top in 



inches. 



37 

 32 



3G 



35 

 38 

 32 

 31 



30 



A total of 85 logs, scaling 107,455 feet. The largest log scaled (merchanta- 

 ble) 2,035 feet; several scaled 1,700 feet and over; and 300 logs scaled an aver- 

 a2:e of over 900 feet each log.'" 



The logs were mostly cork pine, i. e., a sort of white pine with wood very soft 

 and nice to work. 



VALUABLE TREES. 



Some trees prove of great value because of the peculiarity of the grain or color. 

 If I am rightly informed, a walnut tree in Pottorville sold for 11,000, as the 



