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Table 48. — Average yield of balsam fir over large areas in Hamilton County, N. Y. 

 [Cutting to a limit of 10 inches and over in diameter breast high.] 



Type. 



Area (acres). 



Total yield 

 (standards). 



Average 

 yield per acre 

 (standards). 



Township 5: 



10,376 

 4,405 

 2,072 



39,676.58 

 22,677.90 

 10,675.36 



3.82 



Do 



5.15 



Do 



5.15 







Total 



16,853 



73,029.83 





Average per acre 



4.30 











Township 41: 



Swamp and spruce land 



6,960 



1,869 



10,982 



19, 585. 20 



6,397.76 



57, 755. 88 



2.81 



Do 



3.42 



Do 



5.26 







Total 



19,811 



83,738.84 





Average per acre 



4.20 











Township 6: 



Swamp and spruce land 



122 

 12, 156 

 3,609 

 2,779 

 1,332 

 1,464 



52.92 



55,374.84 



15,618.26 



18,391.98 



5,740.92 



4,832.88 



.43 



Do 



4.56 



Do 



4.33 



Do 



6.62 



Do 



4.31 



Do 



3.30 







Total • 



21,462 



100,011.80 







4.70 











Measurements of nearly 17,000 acres in Herkimer County, N. Y., 

 gave an average yield for all types of coniferous land (both virgin and 

 cut-over) of only 1.4 standards. The yield for swamp land, which is 

 largely balsam-fir land, ran on an average as high as 5.42 standards, 

 or nearly 2 cords to the acre. (Table 49.) 



Table 49. — Average yield of balsam fir over large areas in Herkimer County, N. Y. 

 [Cutting to a limit of 10 inches in diameter breast high.] 



Type. 



Area 

 (acres). 



Total 

 yield 

 (stand- 

 ards). 



Average 

 yield per 



acre 

 (stand- 

 ards). 



Spruce land: 



Virgin ... . . 



3,732 

 4,158 



4,105 

 5,073 



1 10 



Cut-over 



1.22 







Total.. . .. 



7,890 



9,178 



1.16 







Swamp: 



210 

 161 



1,187 

 824 



5.65 



Cut-over 



5.12 







Total 



371 



2,011 



5.42 







Orfl.n(i tr>tal 



8,261 



11, 189 







1.40 











