Measures and yields of products and residues 



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Table 27-101 — Weight of green wood and bark required in north central Louisiana to 



obtain a cubic foot of wood and bark, or a cubic foot of bark-free wood; standard 



deviations follow each value (Hughes 1978) 



Green weight of wood and bark 



Product Per cubic foot of 



and stem portion wood and bark Per cubic foot of wood 



Pounds 



Hard hardwood sawtimber 



to a 10-inch top dob 66.73 ± 4.02 76.97 ± 4.33 



topwood^ 70.59 ± 9.13 80.46 ± 12.46 



to a 4-inch top dob 67.94 ± 4.60 77.73 ± 6.16 



Soft hardwood sawtimber 



to a 10-inch top dob 66. 14 ± 4.64 74.95 ± 4.67 



topwood^ 71.59 ± 7.62 83.06 ± 9.87 



to a 4-inch top dib 67.40 ± 4.60 76.92 ± 5.28 



Hard hardwood pulptimber 



to a 4-inch top dob 65.06 + 9.32 78.47 ± 11.86 



Soft hardwood pulptimber 



to a 4-inch top dob 63.34 ± 10.07 76. 14 ± 12.63 



^Portion of tree from upper saw log merchantability to upper pulpwood merchantability (does not 

 include limbs, tip, and foliage). 



Table 27-102 — Number of cords per thousand board feet of standing timber scaled by 

 three log rules (Worley 1958) 



International ^-inch 



Scribner 



Doyle 



Dbh 



'Merchantable length of 8 to 16 feet. 

 ^Merchantable length of 24 to 48 feet. 

 ^Defined by equation 27-2. 



