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Table 46.— Volume, in board feet, of BLACK ASH, 75 to 300 years in age, for trees of 
different diameters, and number of logs, scaled by the Scribner log rule. 
[Based on taper curves; scaled mostly as 16.3-foot logs, with a few shorter logs where Necessary. Height 
of stump, 1 foot. Measurements taken in New Hampshire, New York, Michigan, and Indiana.] 
Number of 16-foot logs. 
Diam- 
eter 
inside 
bark 
of top. 
eter ■ 
breast- 
high. 
2 
2| 
3 
3* 
4 
*i 
5 
5| 
6 
Basis. 
Volume— board feet. 
Inches. 
8 
38 
42 
47 
53 
59 
66 
74 
83 
93 
52 
57 
63 
70 
80 
90 
100 
110 
130 
140 
160 
180 
190 
65 
72 
80 
90 
100 
110 
130 
150 
170 
190 
210 
240 
270 
300 
340 
380 
430 
Inches. 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
7 
7 
8 
9 
9 
10 
10 
11 
11 
12 
Trees. 
4 
6 
8 
9 
10 
100 
120 
130 
150 
170 
190 
210 
240 
270 
300 
340 
380 
430 
490 
550 
620 
690 
770 
850 
930 
1,020 
11 
12 
160 
180 
200 
230 
250 
280 
320 
360 
400 
440 
500 
560 
630 
700 
780 
860 
950 
1,040 
1,130 
10 
13 
16 
4 
14 
230 
260 
290 
330 
360 
400 
450 
500 
560 
630 
710 
790 
870 
960 
1,050 
1,140 
1,230 
15.. 
9 
16 
340 
370 
420 
460 
510 
570 
630 
700 
770 
860 
950 
1,040 
1,140 
1,240 
1,340 
12 
17 
18. . 
460 
510 
570 
630 
700 
770 
850 
940 
1,030 
1,130 
1,240 
1,350 
1,460 
610 
680 
750 
830 
920 
1,020 
1,120 
1,220 
1,340 
1,450 
1,570 
19... 
5 
3 
8 
2 
2 
20 
21 
22 
23... 
24 
1 
25 
26... 
1 
27. .. 
2 
28 
29 
1 
30 
1 
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Table 47. — Yield of planted groves of GREEN ASH in South Dakota. 
Age 
of 
grove. 
Aver- 
age 
height 
of 
trees. 
Area 
of 
plot. 
Num- 
ber of 
trees 
per 
acre. 
Total 
yield 
per 
acre. 
Aver- 
age 
annual 
yield 
per 
acre. 
Estimate of posts, stakes, and fuel 
wood. 
Locality. 
First- 
class 
posts, 
4-inch to 
6-inch. 
Second- 
class 
posts, 
3-inch to 
6-inch. 
Stakes, 
2-inclLto 
3-inch. 
Fuel 
wood 
in addi- 
tion. 
Ethan. 
Years. 
8 
14 
14 
14 
18 
19 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
22 
23 
23 
25 
25 
34 
Feet. 
16 
16 
20 
22 
25 
33 
30 
26 
33 
26 
27 
27 
24 
18 
23 
29 
47 
Acres. 
0.1 
.5 
.3 
.5 
.1 
.5 
.1 
.1 
.2 
.5 
.1 
.2 
.2 
.1 
.2 
.1 
.2 
1,020 
508 
730 
1,160 
1,200 
238 
824 
1,140 
400 
942 
680 
1,665 
1,010 
2,550 
940 
830 
495 
Cords. 
2.24 
2.18 
4.43 
6.58 
9.90 
9.62 
7.28 
7.50 
6.55 
9.52 
7.90 
12.20 
5.30 
7.00 
3.80 
10.40 
23.55 
Cords. 
0.28 
.15 
.32 
.47 
.55 
.51 
.36 
.38 
.33 
.48 
.40 
.55 
.23 
.30 
.15 
.42 
.69 
Number. 
Number. 
Number. 
Cords. 
210 
570 
510 
910 
122 
590 
850 
545 
810 
380 
1,020 
665 
660 
680 
700 
600 
4.05 
170 
302 
400 
238 
170 
310 
.66 
Hamlin 
3.34 
Olivet 
3.10 
Sioux Falls 
Do 
Viborg 
232 
170 
1.30 
2.40 
2.30 
250 
.73 
Lake Preston. 
Dell Rapids. . . 
190 
140 
375 
130 
3.10 
140 
2.80 
4.65 
1.55 
3.90 
io 
700 
645 
.90 
2.60 
Cottonwood. . . 
870 
1.50 
i Based on average measurements taken in 1904 by Fetherolf. 
