CHESTNUT IN TENNESSEE. 



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First Quality. 



Second Quality. 



Third Quality. 



Table 5 gives the average annual growth in long cords per acre 

 for stands on different quality sites at various ages. In stands of 

 the first quality the average annual yield of tannic acid cordwood 

 is greatest about the sixtieth year; in those of the second and third 

 qualities, the average annual yield is greatest about the sixty-fifth 

 year. Since the average annual yield is less, both before and after 

 these ages, they represent maturity for cordwood stands, which 

 therefore should be cut at 60 or 65 years, according to site. 



Table 5 Average annual yield in long cords per acre of pure 

 stands of chestnut at various ages on different quality sites. 



YIELD 



