TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Preface i" 



SECTION I. PRELIMINARY MEASUREMENTS 



PROBLEM 



1. (Field) Pacing - . . 1 



2. (Field) The Determination of the Diameters of Standing Trees 2 



3. (Field) The Determination of the Heights of Standing Trees 4 



4. (Office) The Construction of a Dendrometer 6 



5. (Office) The Construction of a Hypsometer 6 



6. (Field) The Collection of Data for Volume Studies 8 



7. (Field) The Collection of Data for Growth Studies 12 



SECTION II. USE OF GRAPHIC METHODS 



8. (Office) The Fundamental Principles in the Use of Graphic Methods . . 15 



SECTION III. LOG RULES 



9. (Office) The Construction of a Scientific Log Rule 18 



10. (Office) The Graphic Comparison of Log Rules 19 



11. (Office) The Extension of Log Rules 19 



SECTION IV. PRELIMINARY CALCULATIONS 



12. (Office) The Determination of the Merchantable Contents in Board 



Feet of Felled Trees 22 



13. (Office) The Determination of the Total Cubic Contents of Felled 



Trees 23 



14. (Office) The Determination of the Merchantable Contents of Trees in 



Standards 2o 



15. (Field) The Determination of the Contents of Standing Trees by 



Short Methods 25 



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