METHOD OF VALUING GROWING TIMBER. 



341 



, _ for thinning 

 increase 15 ^^^^^ « 



Aod if the trees be periodically thinned out to the dis- Table? 

 tance of oae fourth of their height, and they 

 inches in height, and one inx;h and u half in circumference 

 annually, the number of trees on an acre, and the number 

 to be c«t out at the different periods undermentioned, and 

 the number of feet they will respectively contain at those 

 periods, will be as under, viz. 



TABLE VII. 

















Numb 



Num- 







% 













of trees 



Content^ 



ber to 



Con- 



A^e. 



OB 



Girt. 



Contents. 



Distance 



on an 



ot the 



be cut 



tents- 





X 













acre. 



whole. 



out. 





«—— — 

 Years 



feet. 



inch. 



feet. 



in. 



pts. 



feet. 





feet. 





feet. 



1-2 



\5 



2i 







6 



3 



4- 



2722 



1417 



960 



.510 



16 



'iO 



3 



1 



3 







5- 



1742 



2177 



627 



78J 



20 



i25 



3| 



2 



5 



3 



6-251 US 



2717 



341 



831 



24 



30 



4i 



4 



2 



7 



7 '5 774 



3262 



206 



868 



28 



35 



5J- 



6 



8 



4 



8 75! 568 



3802 



133 



890 



32 



40 



6 



10 











10 1 435 



4350 



91 



910 



36 



45 



6| 



14 



2 



10 



11-25 344 



4897 



(f6 



938 



40 



50 



7^ 



19 



6 



4 



12-5 278 



5428 



48 



937 



44 



55 



8^ 



25 



11 



10 



13-75 230 



5976 



37 



962 



48 



60 



9 



33 



9 







15- j 193 



6513 



29 



978 



5'i 



65 



9i 



42 



10 



10 



16-25 164 



7036 



22 



943 



56 



70 



101 



53 



7 







17-5 1 142 



7608 



19 



1018 



•60 



75 



IH 



65 



10 



11 



J 875 123 



8106 



15 



988 



64 



80 



12 



80 











20- 108 



8640 







And if the trees be planted at 4| feet apart, and be pe- Tabic 8 



riodically thinned out to the distance of one fourth of their for thinning 



woods, 

 height, and they increase 18 inches in height and 2 inches 



in circumference annually, the number of trees on an acre, 

 and the number to be cut out at the different periods under- 

 mentioned, and the number of feet they will then respec- 

 tively contain, will be as under, viz. 



taBle 



