80 
BULLETIN 299, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 35. — Average amount of branch ivood 2 inches and over in diameter, in second- 
growth WHITE ASH trees of different diameters in New York, and the per cent which 
it forms of the total stem volume without the branches. 
Diameter 
breast- 
high. 
Volume 1 
of branch- 
wood. 
Per cent 
of total 
stem 
volume. 
Basis. 
Diameter 
breast- 
high. 
Volume 1 
of branch- 
wood. 
Per cent | 
of total ,,„_._ 
stem Basis - 
volume. 1 
Inches. 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
Cubic feet. 
0.2 
.5 
1.0 
1.5 
2.1 
2.8 
3.6 
4.6 
Per cent. 
2 
4 
6 
8 
9 
9 
10 
Trees. 
16 
11 
20 
18 
21 
15 
9 
12 
Inches. 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
Cubic feet. 
5.7 
7.0 
8.4 
10.0 
11.6 
Per cent. 
11 
12 
13 
14 
14 
Trees. 
10 
2 
5 
5 
144 
1 To reduce to cords divide by 100. 
Table 36. — Volume in board feet of WHITE ASH, under 7a years in age, for trees of 
different diameters and number of logs, scaled by the Scribner log rule. 
[Based on taper curves; scaled mostly in 16.3-foot logs, with a few shorter logs where necessary. Height 
of stump, 1 foot. Measurements taken in Vermont, New York, Michigan, Indiana, and Tennessee.] 
Number of 16-foot logs. 
Diameter 
inside 
bark of 
top. 
Diameter 
breast- 
high. 
li 
2 
2h 
3 
3i 
4 
4.a 
5 
Basis. 
Volume— board feet. 
Inches. 
8 
25 
27 
30 
32 
35 
38 
41 
44 
48 
54 
62 
70 
80 
92 
50 
54 
60 
67 
75 
85 
95 
110 
120 
140 
150 
170 
200 
220 
240 
270 
300 
Inches. 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
8 
8 
Trees. 
80 
9 .. 
72 
79 
88 
100 
110 
120 
140 
150 
170 
190 
220 
240 
270 
300 
330 
370 
10 
100 
110 
120 
140 
150 
170 
190 
210 
230 
260 
290 
320 
360 
390 
430 
63 
11 
54 
12 
150 
170 
190 
210 
230 
250 
280 
310 
350 
390 
430 
470 
510 
45 
13... 
33 
14 
220 
240 
270 
300 
330 
370 
410 
450 
490 
540 
580 
•'8 
15 
19 
16 
14 
17 
10 
18 
380 
420 
470 
520 
570 
620 
670 
6 
19 
6 
20 
3 
21 
d 
22 
1 
23 
24 
423 
