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BULLETIN 13, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 28. — Merchantable volume in cords, and number of trees per cord, for white pine 
in Massachusetts. 1 
Diam- 
eter. 
breast- 
high. 
Height of tree (feet). 
30 40 
50 
60 
70 
80 
90 
Vol- 
ume 
per 
tree. 
Trees 
per 
cord. 
Vol- 
ume 
per 
tree. 
Trees 
per 
cord. 
Vol*- 
ume 
per 
tree. 
Trees 
per 
cord. 
Vol- 
ume 
per 
tree. 
Trees 
per 
cord. 
Vol- 
ume 
per 
tree. 
Trees 
per 
cord. 
Vol- 
ume 
per 
tree. 
Trees 
per 
cord. 
Vol- 
ume 
per 
tree. 
Trees 
per 
cord. 
Inches. 
5 
6 
8.'.'.'.'.'. 
9 
10 
Cords. 
0.03 
.03 
.04 
.05 
.07 
No. 
33.3 
33.3 
25.0 
20.0 
14.3 
Cords. 
No. 
Cords. 
No. 
Cords. 
No. 
Cords. 
No. 
Cords. 
No. 
Cords. 
No. 
0.04 
.05 
.07 
.09 
.11 
.13 
.15 
.17 
25.0 
20.0 
14.3 
11.1 
9.1 
7.7 
6.7 
5.9 
0.05 
.07 
.09 
.11 
.13 
.16 
.19 
.22 
.25 
.28 
.32 
20.0 
14.3 
11.1 
9.1 
6^3 
5.3 
4.5 
4.0 
3.6 
3.1 
0.09 
.11 
.13 
.16 
.19 
.22 
.26 
.30 
.34 
.38 
.42 
.47 
.51 
.55 
11.1 
9.1 
7. 7 
6.3 
5.3 
4.5 
3.8 
3.3 
2.9 
2.6 
2.4 
2.1 
2.0 
1.8 
0.13 
.16 
.19 
.23 
.27 
.31 
.34 
.10 
.44 
.49 
.55 
.60 
.66 
.72 
.78 
.84 
.90 
.97 
7. 7 
6.3 
5.3 
4.3 
3.7 
3.2 
2.9 
2.5 
2.3 
2.0 
1.8 
1.7 
1.5 
1.4 
1.3 
1.2 
1.1 
1.0 
0.22 
.26 
.31 
.36 
.41 
.46 
.52 
.58 
.64 
.70 
!85 
.92 
1.01 
1.08 
1.16 
4.5 
3.8 
3.2 
2.8 
2.4 
2.2 
1.9 
1.7 
1.6 
1.4 
1.3 
1.2 
1.1 
1.0 
.92 
.86 
11 
0.30 
.35 
.40 
.45 
.51 
.58 
.64 
.71 
.79 
.87 
.95 
1.04 
1.13 
1.22 
1.32 
1.42 
1.51 
3.3 
2.9 
2.5 
2.2 
2.0 
1.7 
1.6 
1.4 
1.3 
1.2 
1.1 
.96 
.88 
.82 
.76 
.70 
.66 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
i 
i From "Forest Mensuration of White Fine in Massachusetts,'' by Harold O. Cook. The volumes, 
which were scaled by the Humphrey caliper rule for stacked cordwood, include bark, and are for the por- 
tion of the tree between a 6-inch stump and a minimum top diameter of 4 inches. 
Table 29. — Log rule for second-growth white pine. — Southern New Hampshire. 1 
[Cut into both square and round-edged boards; circular saw, ^-inch kerf.] 
Diameter 
inside bark 
at small 
end of log. 
Length of log (feet). 
Basis 
(number 
of logs 
measured). 
10 
12 
14 
Volume. 
Inches. 
3 
Board feet. 
5 
8 
13 
18 
24 
" 30 
38 
47 
56 
66 
77 
89 
102 
Board feet. 
7 
10 
15 
21 
28 
36 
46 
56 
68 
81 
96 
112 
130 
149 
169 
189 
211 
235 
260 
284 
Board feet. 
9 
12 
17 
24 
33 
42 
52 
65 
80 
97 
115 
134 
155 
176 
198 
222 
217 
275 
304 
Logs. 
167 
429 
530 
606 
613 
542 
456 
395 
290 
24S 
202 
168 
144 
104 
97 
64 
40 
41 
17 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
333 ! 11 
23 
364 9 
24 
398 4 
Total. 
5,177 
i 
1 Prepared by Louis Margolin, Forest Service, in cooperation with the State of New Hampshire. Sixty 
per cent of the lumber sawed was round-edged and 40 per cent squared; 70 per cent 1-inch boards and 30 
per cent 2|-inch plank. 
