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Table 48. — Average yield of balsam fir over large areas in Hamilton County, N. Y. 
[Cutting to a limit of 10 inches and over in diameter breast high.] 
Type. 
Area (acres). 
Total yield 
(standards). 
Average 
yield per acre 
(standards). 
Township 5: 
Swamp and spruce land 
Do 
10, 376 
4,405 
2,072 
oy, O/O. 08 
22, 677. 90 
10 675. 35 
3. 82 
5. 15 
5. 15 
Do 
Total 
16, 853 
73,029. 83 
Average per acre 
4.30 
Township 41: 
Swamp and spruce land 
Do. 
6,960 
1,869 
10,982 
19, 585. 20 
6, 397. 76 
57,755.88 
2. 81 
3.42 
5. 26 
Do... 
Total 
19,811 
83, 738. 84 
Average per acre 
4.20 
Township 6: 
Swamp and spruce land 
Do 
122 
12, 156 
3,609 
2,779 
1,332 
1,464 
52.92 
55, 374. 84 
15,618. 26 
18,391.98 
5,740.92 
4,832. 88 
.43 
4. 56 
4. 33 
6. 62 
4.31 
3.30 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Total 
21,462 
100,011.80 
Average per acre 
4.70 
Measurements of nearly 17,000 acres in Herkimer County, N. Y., 
gave an average yield for all types of coniferous land (both virgin and 
cut-over) of only 1.4 standards. The yield for swamp land, which is 
largely balsam-fir land, ran on an average as high as 5.42 standards, 
or nearly 2 cords to the acre. (Table 49.) 
Table 49. — Average yield of balsam fir over large areas in Herkimer County, N. Y. 
[Cutting to a limit of 10 inches in diameter breast high.] 
Type. 
Area 
(acres). 
Total 
yield 
(stand- 
ards). 
Average 
yield per 
acre 
(stand- 
ards). 
Spruce land: 
Virgin 
3,732 
4, 158 
4, 105 
5, 073 
1. 10 
1. 22 
- Cut-over 
Total 
7, 890 
9, 178 
1. 16 
Swamp: 
Virgin 
210 
161 
1, 187 
824 
5. 65 
5. 12 
Total 
371 
2,011 
5.42 
Grand total 
8,261 
11, 189 
1.40 
