20 



YELLOW POPLAR IN TENNESSEE. 



TABLE 3. Volume of trees of yellow poplar of different diameters and 

 heights as scaled by the Doyle-Scribner rule. Age class, 50 to 100. 



Diameter 



inside 



bark 



of top 



Inches 



6 



6 



7 



7 



9 

 9 

 9 



10 

 10 

 10 

 11 

 11 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 13 

 13 

 14 



This table was made from taper curves by scaling the merchantable 

 length in log lengths to the top diameters shown. Logs were 16.3 ft. long 

 whenever possible, with some 14.3-ft, 12.3-ft., and 10.3-ft. logs to avoid 

 waste. The assumed stump height was 2 feet. 



