50 



YELLOW POPLAR IN TENNESSEE. 



TABLE 18. Comparative value of trees of yellow poplar of different sizes- 

 for cordwood, peeled, and -for lumber (scaled by Doyle-Scribner 



rule). 



(Based on the average tree.) 



Cordwood, 160 cubic Saw logs scaled 



Diameter feet, measured after by Doyle-Scribner 



breast-high peeling, at $1.00 rule, at $1.00 per 



Inches per cord 1,000 board feet 



9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 



.04 

 .066 

 .086 

 .11 

 .13 

 .163 

 .20 

 .25 

 .32 

 .40 

 .48 

 .52 



.01 



.014 



.024 



.031 



.05 



.075 



.10 



.13 



.163 



.20 



.243 



TABLE 19. Number of trees of yellow poplar split and peeled in second- 

 growth stands 25 to 50 years old required to make a long cord of 160 

 cubic feet; the percentage of bark,, and the percentage of waste in 

 stump, top, and bark. 



Diameter 

 breast- 

 high 

 Inches 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 



