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at the small end. The use of this rule in determining the amount of timber 

 sold on Township 40 is strongly advised for the following reasons: 



It is the rule best known and understood throughout the Adirondacks; 

 and therefore it commends itself to the buyer and seller alike as a common 

 scale which both parties understand perfectly. It is. in the opinion of a 

 large majority of the lumbermen, millmen, manufacturers, jobbers, and con- 

 tractors, the fairest rule for both buyer and seller. 



A standard rule is preferred to a board foot rule in this case because 

 most board foot rules give too small a scale to the small logs as compared 

 with the larger ones. There will naturally be a large number of small logs 

 in the tops of the trees on this tract, and as they bring, when sold with the 

 larger ones, the same price per standard, it is advisable to use a rule which 

 gives as nearly as possible the actual contents of the small as well as of the 

 large logs. These requirements will be best served by the adoption of 

 the 19-inch standard log. 



The Old Scribner Rule has been used in calculating the volume of the 

 hardwood timber, because it is considered advisable to iise a board foot 

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

 logs than any of the others. It has been proved conclusively by manu- 

 facturers and millmen that neither the standard nor the Old Scribner allow 

 more merchantable material for small logs than they actually contain. 



Method of Scaling. 



The method of scaling advised for this tract is the one in com- 

 mon use — viz., measuring the diameter at the top end of the log. 

 Its use is recommended, however, with the following provisions: — 

 That no Spruce or Balsam logs should be measured at the top end if cut 

 more than 14 feet long (unless to save timber on account of breakage, forks, 

 or defects), except such top logs as may be cut 16 feet long to bring them 

 to the required top diameter limit. Pine logs over 14 feet long should be 

 measured at the top end only when cut 16 feet long to save timber on 

 account of breakage, punk knots, forks, etc., or to bring the cutting point 

 to the desired top diameter limit. Any timber cut for dimension stuff, 

 booms, spiling, or building material should be scaled at each 13-foot 

 length when practicable. To scale long timber at the top diameter is 

 not just, and would cause a serious loss to the State. A\'hen the timber 

 is in such a position that the 13-foot points are not accessible, as when 



