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TABLE II. PRODUCT IN INCH BOARDS OF LOGS OF DIF- 

 FERENT LENGTHS AS SAWED IN BAND MILL NO. 1 



Shows how in careful practice yield increases relative to 

 scale as the logs are longer. 



TABLE III. PRODUCT OF MILLS WHEN SAWING DIMEN- 

 SION STOCK, MOSTLY 2 AND 3 INCH PLANK 



Overrun is the percentage by which the product ex- 

 ceeds the scale of the logs as given by the Maine log rule. 



6. New Brunswick Rule. This is the legal rule for scal- 

 ing lumber cut on the crown lands of New Brunswick, and 

 is generally employed for log measurement in that province. 

 Its values are somewhat below those of the Maine rule. 



When logs of a smaller top diameter than 11 inches are 

 to be scaled, it is done under the following rule : A 7-inch 



