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 Table 2.— Beech.a 



Volume in board feet saw cut of trees of different diameters showing 

 percentage of different grades, Herkimer County, N. Y. 



Diameter 

 breast- 

 high. 



Firsts 

 and sec- 

 onds. 



No. 1 

 com- 

 mon. 



No. 2 

 com- 

 mon 

 (ship- 

 ping 

 culls). 



No. 3 

 com- 

 mon 

 (mill 

 culls). 



Sound 



7"x9" 



x8' 



ties. 



Total 

 vol- 

 ume. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 trees 

 tallied. 



Inches. 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 



Perct. 

 2 

 3 

 5 



6 

 8 

 10 

 14 

 17 

 20 

 21 

 23 

 22 



Perct. 



7 

 7 

 7 

 8 

 8 

 9 

 9 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 15 



Perct. 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



Perct. 

 35 

 27 

 22 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 21 

 22 

 21 

 21 



Perct. 

 51 

 59 



62 

 62 

 60 

 56 

 51 

 46 

 43 

 40 

 38 

 36 



Bd.ft. 

 83 

 115 

 142 

 167 

 189 

 211 

 240 

 275 

 314 

 359 

 414 

 473 



12 



55 



52 



56 



44 



46 



25 



24 



16 



5 



6 



4 







345 



a Band and circular saws used. Tallied by E. A. Braniff on the Moose River 

 Lumber Company's mill at McKecver, N. Y., 1904. 



