284 A MANUAL FOR NORTHERN WOODSMEN 



VOLUME TABLE No. 23. LODGEPOLE PINE, IN BOARD 

 FEET, BY THE SCRIBNER RULE 

 (From Bulletin No. 36, U. S. Forest Service) . 



Figures by Tower and Redington from trees cut in 

 Gallatin County, Montana. Trees scaled in logs 10 to 

 16 feet long up to 6 inches in top. 



YIELD OF LODGEPOLE PINE IN RAILROAD TIES 



(From Study by Students of University of Washington) 



Results from 267 trees cut in eastern Oregon : Hewn ties 

 from timber not less than 8^ inches in diameter, made 

 7 inches thick; sawed ties, 6 by 8 inches; both kinds, 8 feet 

 long. Average height of 10-inch trees, 68 feet; of 15-inch 

 trees, 85 feet; of 20-inch trees, 93 feet. 



