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AT 



i'he counts will be m from the setting of 



traight strip of wood the length of the transplant 

 hoards - 8 feet - placed alongside the row. 



x ; ne first count will be talren 8i feet from 

 the end of the first row in t ,:st "be . very other 



bed is skipped, so t. ! .ount will be 8i feet from 



fc 

 the end of the sec on- e tird be<5, and the third 



count in the third rov; ol the fifth "bed, etc., etc., 

 until the area has been cross 



Then the estimator will come back in the center 

 oi r the aret. , selecting his Bettings in the same mechanical 

 manner. The "beds in which the counts are made on this 

 trip, however, ere those that were skipped when the area 

 was first crossed. 



T-he third trip across the area is made 8t feet 

 from the opposite end of the rows first estimate 



obtained is noted on the special forms 

 for this purpose (1 ; . 



From ke average per board is 



compute, ind the per cent loss, b ^ ceventy-f ive 



trees per board, obtained. This per cent loss is redacted 

 from the total t ited, the result being an estimate 



of the jpresent B 



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