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BULLETIN 544. IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 15.— ( 'ubic volume growth of red spruce in the Adirondacks, N. Y. 

 age Tnaximum" diameter growth conditions.) 



[curved.] 



(For "aver- 





Diameter 







Periodic 



Mean 



Age. 



breast 



Height. 



Volume. 



annual 



annual 





high. 







growth. 



growth. 



Years.. 



Inches. 



Feet. 



Cu./I. 



Gu. ft. 



Cu. ft. 



10 

 20 



30 



•10 

 50 

 60 



0.5 

 1.3 



2.5 

 4.0 

 5.7 

 7.8 



8 

 13 

 20 

 29 

 37 

 46 

















.. . 





3.9 

 8.0 





0.078 

 .133 



0.41 



70 



10.0 



53 



15.0 



.70 



.214 



SO 



12.0 



58 



23.0 



.80 



.288 



90 



13.8 



62 



32.0 



.90 



.356 



100 



15.2 



65 



40.0 



.80 



.400 



110 



16.3 



67 



47.0 



.70 



.427 



120 



17.3 



68 



54.0 



.70 



.450 



Dominant trees — spruce hardwood type. 



This table is a combination of growth-diameter Table 10, height Table 4, and volume Table 40. 



Data collected by the Conservation Commission of New York in 1912 in Essex and Herkimer Counties. 



Table lfi. — Cubic volume growth of red spruce in West Virginia, 

 mum'' diameter growth conditions.) 



(For 



average maxi- 



[CURVED.] 





Diameter 







Periodic 



Mean 



Age. 



breast 



Height. 



Volume. 



annual 



annual 





high. 







growth . 



growth. 



Years. 



Inches. 



Feet. 



Cu. ft. 



Cv.ft. 



Cu. ft. 



10 

 20 

 30 



0.9 

 2.1 

 3.5 



10 

 17 

 25 













40 

 50 



5.1 



6.8 



34 

 41 







4.7 





0.094 



60 



8.6 



54 



10.7 



0.60 



.178 



70 



10.5 



64 



19.0 



.83 



.271 



80 



12.5 



73 



30.0 



1.10 



.375 



90 



14.5 



81 



43 



1.30 



.478 



100 



16.4 



87 



60.0 



1.70 



.600 



no 



18.2 



93 



78.0 



1.80 



.709 



120 



19.9 



97 



96.0 



1.80 



. 800 



130 



21.4 



100 



115 



1.90 



.885 



140 



22.8 



103 



134.0 



1.90 



.957 



150 



24.2 



106 



154.0 



2.00 



1.027 



160 



25.4 



108 



174.0 



2.00 



1.088 



170 



26.6 



109 



193.0 



1.90 



1.135 



180 



27.6 



111 



212.0 



1.80 



1.178 



190 



28.6 



112 



230.0 



1.80 



1.211 



200 



29.5 



113 



247.0 



1.70 



1.235 



210 



30.3 



114 



263.0 



1.60 



1.252 



220 



31.0 



114 



279.0 



1.60 



1.268 



230 



31.7 



115 



293.0 



1.40 



1.274 



240 



32.3 



116 



307.0 



1.40 



1.279 



250 



32.9 



116 



321.0 



1.40 



1.284 



260 



33.5 



117 



334. 



1.30 



1 . 285 



270 



34.0 



117 



347.0 



1.30 



1.285 



A I! trees— spruce slope 1 y | ». 



This table is a combination of growth- liameter Table 11, height Table 4, and volume Table 41. 



i lata collected by John Foley in 1903 in Greenbrier County. 



While similar data are not available for either Maine or New Hamp- 

 shire, a comparison of the "Lower spruce and hardwood" and even 

 of the "Average-of-all-type" values of Maine (Table 9) with the 

 "Average" values of New York (Table 10) indicates a better average 

 development in Maine than in New York. Adequate figures for New 



