156 A MANUAL FOR NORTHERN WOODSMEN 



Log diameter taken at top end, inside bark. Saw kerf 

 J inch. Boards not edged, but measured at an average 

 width on narrow side. From Massachusetts State Forester. 



A cord of pine wood sawed and measured in this fashion 

 yields about 1000 feet of box boards. Sawed one inch 

 thick, it is counted by Massachusetts box board men to 

 yield about 650 feet surface measure. 



TABLE VI 



Yield in round-edged boards of second growth hard 

 wood logs 12 feet long cut Ij inch thick with circular saw 

 cutting \-inch kerf. Based on 1831 logs. 



Grouped according to top 

 diameter. 



Grouped according to mid 

 diameter. 



From New Hampshire Forestry Report for 1905-1906. 



