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Figure 32. — Chestnut is most abundant in the southwestern half of the mountain region, as illustrated in this geographical distribution of chestnut timber. Each 

 dot represents a quarter-acre plot containing at least three sound trees 10 inches d. b. h. or larger. 



From the board-foot volume of standing timber it is 

 estimated that approximately 440,000 tons of chestnut 

 oak. bark and 320,000 tons of hemlock bark are on sound 

 growing trees and an additional 400,000 tons of chestnut 

 oak bark are on cull trees. Some of the bark on sound 

 trees will be wasted when unpeeled logs are sawed for 

 lumber while that on culls is expensive to obtain because 

 the trees are located on the higher, less acessible ridges 

 where they would have to be cut tor the bark alone. 



Table 21. — Net cordwood volume of chestnut by class of material, 193S 



Class of material 



Saw-timber trees: 



Sawlogs 



Upper stems 



Cull trees of sawlog size. 

 Under -sawlog-size trees_ 



All material- 



Volume of chestnut 



Cords 



Percent 



2, 609, 100 



22.3 



1.044,200 



8.9 



5. 891, 900 



50.3 



2, 174, 700 



is. 5 



11, 719. 900 



100.0 



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