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TABLE No. 14. Volume Table for Chestnut. 



Constructed on the Harvard Forest by Richard T. Fisher and H. B. Shepard 

 in 1915-16. Based on 210 trees cut in an even-aged sprout chestnut stand with 

 30 to 40 per cent of red oak, black oak, paper birch and other hardwoods; 

 Quality II, age 50 to 60 years, well stocked, trees of normal forest form. Sawing: 

 round-edge lumber, the better quality, amounting to about 80 per cent, 1 \ inches, 

 the balance, including sidings, wormy and knotty or top logs, 1 inch. Minimum 

 size of log: 8 feet long and large enough to yield a board with a 3-inch face. 



