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the man followed the compass line, whether east or west, north 



or south, as indicated on the map, across the town to the opposite 



town line. As he went along he noted the sise of the trees, 



species of trees, and percentage of each species in the stand, a.t 



the sajne time noting the distance covered by each type. All of 



this data he placed in his notebook which heA been ruled off to 



represent the distance covered on the ground. As soon as he 



finished one line he walked to the next one and finished as much 



as possible before the end of the day. 



In order to keep the notes concisely, symbols were used 



indicating the species of trees end size classes; for example, 



the following note on a line A, 40 E 60, 600 means this: a mixed 



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stand of pine and oak, the pine of mature size ready to cut and 

 constituting 40^ of the stand and oak of cordwood size composing 

 60^ of the stand and extending 600 feet along the line run. The 

 number of feet in each type as compared with the total number of 

 feet run in the town is then proportioned into the total prea of 

 the town and the area, of each type in acres calculated. 



It was necessary for brevity in the final tabulation to 

 consolidate much of the detailed information secured in tbhe field 

 work. 



Explanation of Data 

 Size Classes 

 In this survey four size classes were used, but for our own 

 use we divided class 4 in order to define more closely plantable l?nd 

 Class 4 has to do with land that is quite brushy on which we would 

 be only able to plant 200 or 300 trees to the acre, while class 4 is 

 land that is plantable one hundred percent without any brushing. 



