284 A MANUAL FOR NORTHERN WOODSMEN 



VOLUME TABLE No. 23. LODGEPOLE PINE, IN BOARD 



FEET, BY THE SCRIBNER RULE 



(From Bulletin No. 36, U. S. Forest Service) 



Figures by Tower and Redington from trees cut in 

 Gallatin County, Montana. Trees scaled in logs 10 to 

 16 feet long up to 6 inches in top. 



YIELD OF LODGEPOLE PINE IN RAILROAD TIES 



(From Study by Students of University of Washington) 



Results from 267 trees cut in eastern Oregon : Hewn ties 

 from timber not less than 8^ inches in diameter, made 

 7 inches thick; sawed ties, 6 by 8 inches; both kinds, 8 feet 

 long. Average height of 10-inch trees, 68 feet; of 15-inch 

 trees, 85 feet; of 20-inch trees, 93 feet. 



