312 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



The stock of seedlings on hand is as follows : — 



White ash, 90,000 



White pine, 1 year, 45,000 



White pine, 2 year, 650 



Red spruce, 15,000 



Beech, 1,200 



Yellow poplar, • 130 



Oak, 100 



Hickory, 70 



Total, 152,150 



VoIu?7ie Tables. 



The collection of data for the construction of volume 

 tables for white pine was begun in the fall of 1905. 



Measurements of more than 1,300 white pine trees were 

 taken, and these have been elaborated, with the assistance 

 of the United States Forest Service. The result is a set of 

 volume tables that are the most complete and accurate that 

 have been prepared in this Commonwealth or in this imme- 

 diate section. 



Mr. Ralph C. Hawley, M.F., assistant in this office, had 

 charge of the execution of this piece of work, and credit for 

 its success is due to him. 



The purpose of this work is to devise an easy way to ascer- 

 tain the quantity of lumber in standing white pine trees. It 

 is easy to measure the amount of lumber in a felled tree, but 

 to estimate standing timber requires more experience than 

 is possessed by the average owner ; this is particularly true 

 in the case of the small owner. Volume tables, i.e., tables 

 ffivino- the contents of different-sized trees, afford a means 

 of easily approximating the contents of standing trees and 

 wood lots. 



It is believed that such tables, applying directly to the 

 white pine in Massachusetts, will be of great service to wood 

 lot owners ; for if the average owner knows the amount of 

 wood in his lot, he will be led to take a greater interest in its 

 care, and when the time for selling the timber arrives, he will 

 be able to secure the real value of his product. At the present 



