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much smaller yield—9.8 cords per acre for the Ava stand and 20.63 cords 
for New England. The mean annual growth at Ava was only 21.3 cubic 
feet per acre for the 35-year period as against 48.6 cubic feet in New 
England. 
TABLE 9.—DaTA ON THREE 14-AcRE SAMPLE PLoTs—35-YEAR STAND, UPLAND 
Tyre. Location, Sec. 8, Tr. 8 S., RANGE 4 W., Ava, ILL. 
(Licht Burn 8 YEARS AGo) 
; : ¢ : Basal area 
Diameter,|} White Black anes Miscel- 
Triches 5h Sale Hickory Elm lancons Totals 4! pe 
No. | Vol. | No. | Vol. | No. | Vol. | No.| Vol. | No. | Vol. |No. Trees 
i 3 jeu. ft.| 2 jcu.ft.| 24 jcu. ft.) 3 |cu. ft. 1 |cu. ft. 33 198 
2 14} 2.8] 4 ol adOnle=3.8) 1 || op? A 40 .880 
3 AJeeS cies PLO} “6: |) 2:4) VSP 12 8 83 4.117 
4 Ai Nee LO ts2\ As 322 Al) SG) Selo 27 74 6.438 
3 40 | 56.0} 15 | 21.0) 2] 2.6) 41] 5.6} 4] 5.6 65 8.840 
6 BenQ ets SOLO eNO c clin or d2-5)] a Olea. 30 5.880 
7 2 AO 8)" 9) 1.30:6) OF fie oe. |) 3! 100.2) 2), 34 25 6.665 
8 fSoaiezie es Ses, 2 8:8" OF...) | BA 18 6.282 
9 NSO) 2 Heeeroaa | | Ps DBI ce |e ke be erly Seam 12) 5.304 
10 Beate mea fe Stine |llsrs ceil 's4ci.a|leqe cscs B e)rehel| aor Ey 2.725 
11 Oi eer em Oia eowiteyetees| serene \Nere sails tors SE S| eee 0 
12 ibe W291 0) Vol EET eae as Al bees lefieseo|[iscaaey (Cetin Ales a Hee 1 785 
Totals |199 ben 91 |144.9] 59 | 34.6] 23 | 34.3) 14 | 17.3] 386 48.21 
TABLE 10.—COMPARISON BETWEEN AVA (ILL.) STAND 
AND ONE IN NEW ENGLAND* 
Total Total Total Mean 
number|basal area io volume averare Age sae annual 
ae of cea in feet an inches | ¥'**| cords growth 
rees sq. ft. Cue at. cu. ft. 
Ava (Iil.) | 
%4-acre basis 386 48.2 30 558.2 S10") 35 7.30 15.9 
One-acre basis} 441 60.2 30 747.7 5.0 35 9.8 Pas} 
New England 
_ l-acre basis, 
second- 
growth 
hardwoods..| 1,515 85.3 34.4 1,460 3.21 30 | 20.63 48.6 
EFFECT OF SEVERE BURNING UPON YOUNG STANDS 
The effects of fire upon one stand are shown by the following figures, 
which were carefully taken on a quarter-acre plot in a thirty-year old 
stand where a severe fire had occurred in 1917. The trees were tallied, 
according to diameter, under two headings, “alive” and “dead,” the 
diameter ranging from one inch to eight inches. We saw trees of this 
*See Table 9 and pages 344-345. 
