452 report of the forest, fish and game commission. 



Scale Rule Advised. 



The nineteen-inch Standard Rule has been used as the basis for calculating 

 the stand of timber on these three townships. The unit of calculation in this 

 rule is a log thirteen feet long and nineteen inches in diameter at the small end. 

 Logs of a larger diameter than nineteen inches are figured as one standard and a 

 fraction, and logs of a smaller diameter than nineteen inches are figured as 

 a proportionate fraction of the standard. 



The use of this rule for determining the amount of timber stumpage sold 

 from these townships is advised for the following reasons: The nineteen-inch 

 Standard Rule is the best known and understood throughout the Adirondack 

 region, and will commend itself to the purchaser of stumpage from the State, 

 and to the manufacturers, for this reason. It is, moreover, in the opinion of the 

 majority of the lumbermen, mill men, manufacturers, jobbers and contractors 

 throughout the Adirondacks, the fairest rule for both buyer and seller. It is 

 preferable to a board-foot rule for the reason that most board-foot rules do not 

 allow a sufficient amount for the small logs. Upon these townships there will be 

 a large number of small logs in the tops of the trees, and as such timber when 

 sold collectively with the larger logs brings the same price per standard, it is 

 advisable to use a rule which will give as nearly as possible the actual contents 

 of small as well as of large logs. It is believed that these requirements will best 

 be served by the adoption of the nineteen-inch Standard Rule. 



In calculating the volume of the hardwood timber the old Scribner Rule has 

 been used for the reason that it is considered more advisable to use a board-foot 

 rule for this kind of timber. This rule is more nearly accurate for small logs 

 than is any other of the board-foot rules. It has repeatedly been proved by 

 manufacturers and mill men that neither the Standard Rule nor the old Scribner 

 Rule allows more merchantable material for the smaller logs than they actually 

 contain. 



Method of Scaling. 



The method of scaling advised for this tract is the one in common use under 

 the Standard Rule, viz, measuring the diameter at the top end of each log. Its 

 use is recommended with the following provisions: 



The maximum length for measurement of all spruce logs should be fourteen 

 feet, and of all pine logs sixteen feet, except where extra length is allowed to 

 avoid defects. Otherwise, longer logs should be scaled as two or more logs. 



All timber cut for dimension stuff, booms, piling or building material should 

 be scaled at each thirteen-foot length when practicable. Scaling long timber at 



