CONTENTS. 



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 Introduction .... . .5 



Board foot, the ....... .7 



Log rules ...... ... 8 



Log rule for oak ......... 10 



Log rule for pine ....... .11 



Log rule for chestnut . . . . . . . .14 



Log rule for yellow birch ....... 15 



Log rule for beech ........ 19 



Log rule for sugar maple ....... 22 



Volume tables 25 



Tree caliper .... .... 27 



Volume table for oak 28 



Volume table for pine (in board feet) ... .29 



Volume table for pine (in cords) . . . . . .30 



Volume table for pine (in cubic feet) . . . . .31 



Volume table for chestnut (in cords) . . . . .32 



Volume table for chestnut (in board feet) . . . .33 



Volume table for red maple (in cords) . . . . .34 



Volume table for red maple (in cubic feet) . . . .35 



Per cent solid wood in maple cord wood . . . . .35 



Number of maple trees required to yield one cord . . .36 

 Volume table for yellow birch . . . . . .37 



Volume table for sugar maple . . . . . .43 



Volume table for beech ....... 46 



Yield tables 48 



Yield tables for better hardwoods (in cubic feet and cords) . 49 



Yield tables for better hardwoods (in board feet and cords) . 51 

 Yield tables (inferioi hardwoods) . . . . . .53 



"Yield table for pine . . . . . . . . 54 



\ield from thinnings ........ 55 



Growth 55 



Giowth tables (growth in volume) . . . . . .57 



