AI'l'EXDlX. 



29 



saved, for each tree and foi- the whole. About 71 per ceut of the total 

 contents is here saved, a somewhat hirger per cent in trees over 14 inches 

 in diameter than in those below. 1 expected to find much moredift'ereuce 

 in the economv of the two cuts. 



ECONOJIY IN CUTTING. 



Moosehead region. Maine scale rule. Cutting by owners of land for their 



own mill'j. 



Trees over Fourteen 

 In<;hes Diameter. 



«■= 



= -0 



5 W) 



© 



M CO 



Average. 



Average. 



74 



77 

 70 



Xext are given two sets of figures from the lumber of stumpaoje cutters 

 on the Penobscot river, [f anyone thinks the mention of locality irrele- 

 vant, he has only to compare these with the preceding figures. Our 



Economy in Cutting. 



Penobscot river, Maine scale rule. Cutting done by a man who buys stunipage and 



sells bis logs. 



Trees Up to 14 Inchns Diameter. Trees Over 14 Inches Diameter 



4-) 



en ^ 



c 



ID 



Z io 





T > 



o 



a; 









1-^ 3!) 



12 

 12 



11 



13 



13.5 



12 



14 



11.5 



10 



25 

 27 

 23 

 34 

 35 

 27 

 37 

 26 

 18 



Average. 



9. 



9, 



8 

 10. 

 11 



8. 

 10 



9 



8 



64 



61 

 65 

 50 

 57 

 54 

 61 

 53 



20 



12.5 



11.5 



13.5 



15 



12 



12 



11.5 



11 



Average 



73 

 60 

 57 

 64 

 73 

 58 

 59 

 67 



(;i 



66.4 



