Bui. 96, Forest Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



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Fig. 1.— Thirty-Seven-Year-Old Stand of Quality II Chestnut. 



Yield per acre either 2,500 board feet of lumber and 29 cords of wood, or 60 Class I ties with 30 

 cords. Cordwood yield alone about 37 cords. 



Fig. 2.— Fifty-Year-Old Stand of Quality I Chestnut. 



Yield per acre about ] 3,800 board feet of lumber and 28 cords, or 430 ties and 35 cords, or 40 25-35 

 foot poles with 185 ties and 40 cords. Cordwood yield alone about 57 cords. 



