70 
BULLETIN 544, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 22. — Board-foot volume of red spruce in Maine according to the Scribner Decimal C 
rule and number of 16-foot logs. 
[CURVED.] 
Diam- 
eter 
breast 
high. 
Number of 16-foot logs. 
Basis. 
Trees.. 
8 
11 
18 
29 
21 
27 
20 
22 
13 
11 
14 
19 
5 
6 
6 
4 
4 
2" 
1 
U 
2 
2i 
3 
3| 
4 
H 
5 
Volume— board feet 
Inches. 
7 
8 
9 
10.... 
11.... 
12.... 
13 
10 
15 
20 
25 
35 
40 
20 
25 
30 
40 
50 
60 
70 
90 
35 
50 
70 
80 
100 
120 
140 
160 
60 
80 
100 
120 
140 
170 
190 
220 
250 
110 
130 
160 
190 
220 
250 
280 
330 
370 
410 
14.... 
170 
200 
240 
280 
320 
370 
410 
450 
490 
540 
15 
16 
270 
310 
360 
410 
450 
500 
560 
610 
670 
730 
17.... 
18 
400 
450 
500 
560 
620 
690 
760 
830 
550 
620 
690 
770 
850 
930 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
241 
Based on taper curves, sealed as 8 and 16 foot logs. Stump height, 1 foot; diameter inside bark of top, 
to 9 inches. 
Data collected by R. S. Hosmer in Piscataquis County in 1902. 
Table 23. — Board-foot volume of red spruce in Maine according to the Maine rule and 
total height of tree. 
[curved.] 
Diameter 
breast 
high. 
Total height of tree— feet. 
Basis. 
40 
50 
60 
70 
80 
90 
Volume — board feet. 
Inches. 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
15 
25 
40 
50 
60 
80 
90 
110 
20 
35 
50 
70 
80 
100 
120 
140 
170 
190 
25 
40 
60 
80 
100 
120 
140 
170 
190 
220 
250 
270 
Trees. 
8 
11 
18 
29 
21 
27 
20 
22 
13 
11 
14 
19 
6 
6 
6 
i 
90 
110 
130 
160 
190 
220 
250 
290 
320 
360 
400 
440 
480 
520 
210 
250 
280 
320 
370 
410 
450 
500 
550 
600 
650 
700 
16 
310 
360 
410 
460 
520 
580 
630 
690 
750 
S10 
17... i 
18 i 
19 i 
20 ! 
21 
22 1 
23 
24 
25. . . 
2 
241 
Based on taper curves. Logs scaled in lengths of from 8 to 16 feet. Stump height, 1 foot; diameter inside 
bark of top, 6 inches. 
Data collected by R. S. Hosmer in Piscataquis County in 1902. 
