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TABLE 6. HEIGHT AND AGE OF SEEDLINGS. 



Height in Feet 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5..... 



Age in Years 



Jeffrey 

 Pine 



17 

 26 

 33 



39 



45 



White 

 Fir 



18 

 24 

 28 

 32 



34 



The time required for two men to establish the perman- 

 ent sample plots and collect the data may be summorized as 

 follows : 



Location, survey and setting stakes 1 day 



Running strips through plot and taking 



me asurements 3 days 



Making stump and seedling analyses S 1 /^ days 



Establishing three reproduction plots % day 



Total " 8 days 



The cost of establishing the four permanent sample plots 

 nnd collecting the data may be apportioned as follows: 

 Salaries (One Forest Assistant and one Field 



Assistant) at $5 per day for 8 days $40.00 



Expenses at $1 per day per man for 9 days 18.00 



500 galvanized iron tags at $37.50 per 5,000 3.75 



5 tbs. No. 12, 6. copper nails at 30 cts. per lb 1.50 



35 stakes at 10 cts. each 3.50 



Total $66.75 



This makes a total cost of $66.75 for establishing (1) the 

 twenty acre plot on which a study of growth, a study of mark- 

 ing and a study of comparative returns will be made, and 

 (2) three reproduction plots each containing four-tenths of an 

 acre. This figure also includes the cost of collecting data for 

 the comparative return study and the first series of measure- 

 ments for the growth study. 



The comparative return study, when completed, should 

 show the following results: 



