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BULLETIN 11, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 38. — Volume in cubic feet, exclusive of bark, of trees of different diameters and 

 heights from measurements of 372 trees in Somerset and Worcester Counties, Md. 



Diam- 

 eter 



breast- 

 high. 



Height of tree (feet). 



30 



35 



40 



45 



50 



55 



60 



65 



70 



75 



SO 



Peeled merchantable volume (cubic feet). 



Inches. 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 



0.4 

 .9 

 1.4 

 2.1 

 2.9 

 3.8 



0.4 

 1.0 

 1.6 

 2.4 

 3.4 

 4.5 



0.4 

 1.1 

 1.8 

 2.7 

 3.9 

 5.2 

 6.4 

 8.1 



















1.2 

 2.0 

 3.1 

 4.4 

 5.9 

 7.5 

 9.3 



1.3 



2.3 



3.4 



4.9 



6.6 



8.5 



10.6 



12.7 



14.9 



























3.8 



5.4 



7.2 



9.5 



11.8 



14.3 



16.8 



20.4 



24.0 







4.1 

 5.9 

 7.9 

 10.4 

 13.0 

 15.8 

 18.7 

 22.4 

 26.1 

 29.5 

 33.9 



















8.7 

 11.4 

 14.2 

 17.2 

 20.6 

 24.3 

 28.3 

 32.0 

 36.7 

 42.1 

 47.2 

 51.7 



9.4 

 12.3 

 15.2 

 18.7 

 22.3 

 26.1 

 30.5 

 34.6 

 39.5 

 45.0 

 50.6 

 55.6 

 61.0 















16.1 

 20.1 

 23.9 

 27.9 

 32.5 

 37.2 

 42. 2 

 48.0 

 53.9 

 59.5 

 65.5 



16.9 

 21.5 

 25.5 

 29.6 

 34.6 

 39.6 

 44.8 

 50.8 

 57.0 

 63.3 

 70.1 































































































































Scaled to a top diameter limit of 1.5 inch inside bark. Stump height, 1 foot. 

 Based on taper curves, diameter measurements taken every 4 feet. 



Table 39. — Volume in board feet of trees of different diameters andKeights based on actual 



mill cut in Maryland. 



Diam- 

 eter 

 breast- 

 high. 







Height of tree (feet) 











30 



35 



40 



45 



50 



55 



60 



05 



70 



75 



80 



Volume (board feet). 



Inches. 

 15 

 16 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 



. « 



8 ! 10 



7 10 



11 1 14 



: 20 



6 

 12 

 12 

 18 

 26 

 34 



7 

 14 

 14 

 22 

 30 

 39 

 48 

 58 

 68 



8 

 16 



17 

 25 

 34 

 44 

 55 

 67 

 80 

 93 



8 

 18 

 19 

 28 

 39 

 50 

 64 

 78 

 94 

 111 

 129 











20 



21 



31 



43 



57 



72 



89 



107 



127 



150 



178 



206 

















33 



47 



63 



80 



99 



121 



143 



167 



195 



225 



258 



290 

















69 

 89 

 110 

 133 

 157 

 182 

 212 

 243 

 276 

 309 

 344 



75 

 98 

 120 

 145 

 170 

 198 

 228 

 261 

 294 

 330 

 366 



82 

 105 

 130 

 157 

 185 

 213 

 243 

 276 

 311 

 350 

 390 















































































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1 Five and six inch trees scaled as if cut into flitch; i. e., plank 2f inches thick, having one waney edge. 

 Width measured in scaling is the average width on narrow face. Diameter inside bark at top 3.5 inches. 



Based on taper curves, scaled as 8, 12, and 16 foot logs. 

 Diameter inside bark of top, 4.5 inches. 

 Stump height assumed, 1 foot. 

 Circular saw, {-inch kerf. 



