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naire, since state-wide figures on production were not available and for 

 cordwood were open to question. It will be noted that while the yield 

 from the questionnaire was 43.045 cubic feet per acre, that obtained from 

 the check in total state production was 40.435 cubic feet, or nearly 

 identical. But the average wood-lot yields a greater proportion of its 

 output in the form of cordwood and mine timljers and less high-grade 

 products, such as lumber, than did the selected lots, hence its net revenue 

 will be lower. 



The percentages shown in this table indicate that at present nearly 

 two thirds of the wood produced by farmers goes into wood fuel, which 

 is the cheapest product of the wood-lot. Eleven per cent is utilized as 

 lumber or veneer logs and a little under 5 per cent as cross-ties, piling, 

 or cooperage stock, while mining timbers absorb over 10 per cent and 

 posts nearly 8 per cent, or a total of nearly 85 per cent in small sizes. 

 Although these proportions clearly indicate that the wood-lot is not 

 being worked to its capacity for crops of highest value, yet it must be 

 pointed out that logs measuring less than 9 inches at the small end will 

 yield less than 50 per cent of their contents as lumber. Even with full 

 and close utilization the proportion utilized will be 



A tree which will cut one log 9 inches at the small end inside the 

 bark and 16 feet long will measure from 12 to 13 inches outside the 

 bark at 4^^ feet, or 13 to 15 inches on the stump. Hence it is not pos- 

 sible to convert a large percentage of a stand into sawlogs unless the 

 timber has been allowed to reach an age of <0 to SO years. Even where 

 this age is attained it will follow that unless logs are cut to 5- and 4-inch 

 tops a very large percentage of the stand will not make log timber and 

 will probably be better utilized in the form of posts or mine timbers 

 provided the resultant return per cubic foot is better. 



Were all stands to be grown on a rotation capable of producing 

 lumber it is probable that the yield of saw-timber might be raised to 

 about 50 per cent of the total cubic contents, but not to much more than 

 this. This would increase the output of sawlogs fourfold on the basis 



