MASSACHUSETTS WOODLANDS. 



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SAMPLE PLOT FOB CHESTNUT THINNING (V 2 ACRE). 



Chestnut, Class I., . 

 Chestnut, Class II., 

 Bed oak, Class I., . 



Average Heights. 

 Feet. 

 . 57 

 . 50 

 . 51 



Red oak, Class 1 1.,. 

 White oak, Class II., 

 Red maple, Class II., 



Feet. 

 . 35 

 . 37 

 . 24 



The marked trees were then cut down, chopped into 4-foot bolts, 

 and piled as follows (only the larger, sound dead wood was cut 

 into cord wood) : 



Cords. 



Trees (not bolts) 5 to 7 inches breast high diameter, . . .1.3 



Trees (not bolts) 7 to 9 inches breast high diameter, . . . . 6 



Trees (not bolts) 3 to 5 inches breast high diameter, . . . 4 



Trees (not bolts) 1 to 3 inches breast high diameter, . . . 2 



Dead wood, .... .8 



Total, 



3.3 



To summarize, if this entire chestnut lot, running 30 cords to 

 the acre, were thinned, we would take out more than one-half the 

 total number of trees yielding about 6 cords of wood per acre, or 

 one-fifth of the total volume. 



Unfortunately, a fire ran through the woodlot soon after the 

 work was completed, and, although it was not hot enough to injure 



