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Table 27. — Diameter inside bark, in inches, of balsam fir in New York on hardwood slope 
and fiat, at different heights above the ground — Continued. 
Diameter breast high 
finches) . 
Height above ground (feet) . 
4.5 
10 
20 
30 
40 
50 
60 
70 
Diameter inside bark (inches) . 
8... 
70-foot trees. 
7.7 
8.6 
9.5 
10.5 
11.4 
12.4 
13.3 
14.3 
15.2 
7.3 
8.2 
9.0 
9.8 
10.7 
11.5 
12.3 
13.2 
14.0 
6.7 
7.4 
8.1 
8.8 
9.6 
10.3 
11.0 
11.8 
12.6 
5.8 
6.5 
7.1 
7.8 
8.4 
9.1 
9.7 
10.4 
11.1 
- 4.7 
5.2 
5.7 
6.2 
6.7 
7.3 
7.8 
8.3 
8.8 
3.3 
3.7 
4.0 
4.3 
4.6 
5.0 
5.3 
5.7 
6.1 
1.8 
1.9 
2.1 
2.2 
2.4 
2.6 
2.8 
2.9 
3.1 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
80-foot trees. 
9 
8.6 
8.2 
7.6 
6.9 
5.8 
4.5 
3.0 
1.4 
10 
9.5 
9.0 
8.3 
7.5 
6.3 
4.9 
3.3 
1.6 
11 
10.4 
9.8 
9.0 
8.1 
6.9 
5.3 
3.6 
1.8 
12 
11.4 
10.7 
9.7 
8.7 
7.4 
5.8 
3.9 
2.0 
13 
12.4 
11.6 
10.5 
9.4 
8.0 
6.2 
4.3 
2.2 
14 
13.4 
12.5 
11.2 
10.1 
8.5 
6.7 
4.6 
2.4 
15 
14.3 
13.3 
12.0 
10.7 
9.1 
7.2 
5.0 
2.6 
16 
15.3 
14.2 
12.7 
11.4 
9.7 
7.6 
5.4 
2.8 
Table 28. — Taper of balsam fir in Maine. 
[Expressed in per cent of the diameter inside bark breast high.] 
Diameter breast high 
(inches). 
Height above ground (feet). 
4.5 
10 
20 
30 
40 
50 
60 
70 
80 
6 
40-foot trees. 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
94.7 
91.0 
90.8 
90.6 
89.5 
80.7 
77.6 
76.3 
76.5 
74.7 
50.9 
50.7 
50.0 
49.4 
49.5 
7 
8 
9 
10 
50-foot trees. 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
94.7 
92.5 
92.1 
91.8 
91.6 
91.3 
92.0 
82.5 
80.6 
80.3 
81.2 
80.0 
79.8 
80.5 
64.9 
64.2 
64.5 
63.5 
64.2 
63.5 
63.7 
36.8 
35.8 
36.8 
37.6 
37.9 
39.4 
39.8 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
60-foot trees. 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
94.8 
94.0 
94.7 
93.0 
92.6 
93.3 
92.1 
91.9 
91.7 
86.2 
85.1 
85.5 
83.7 
83.2 
82.7 
81.6 
80.5 
79.5 
75.9 
74.6 
73.7 
72.1 
71.6 
71.2 
69.3 
68.3 
67.4 
56.9 
56.7 
55.3 
54.7 
54.7 
53.8 
52.6 
52.0 
52.3 
32.8 
32.8 
31.6 
31.4 
30.5 
30.8 
29.8 
29.3 
29.5 
7 
8.. 
9 
10 
11 
12 
14 
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