44 BULLETIN 55, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 25. — Diameter inside bark, in inches, of balsam fir in New York on swamp, 
at different heights above the ground — Continued. 
Height above ground (feet). 
Jjrarneter breast high (inches). 
4.5 
10 
20 
30 
r 
40 
50 
60 
Diameter 
inside bark (inches) . 
40-foot trees. 
1.9 
1.7 
1.3 
0.8 
3 
2.8 
2.5 
2.0 
1.2 
4 
3.7 
3.4 
2.7 
1.6 
5 
4.7 
4.3 
3.4 
2.1 
6 
5.6 
5.1 
4. 1 
2.6 
6.5 
6.0 
4.9 
3.0 
8 
7. 5 
6.9 
5.6 
3.5 
9 
8.5 
7.8 
6.2 
4.0 
50-foot trees. 
4 
3.8 
3.5 
3.0 
2.4 
1.1 
4.7 
4. 4 
3.8 
2.9 
1.5 

6. 
5. 7 
5.3 
4.4 
3.4 
1.8 

6.6 
6.2 
5.2 
3.9 
2.1 
8 
7. 5 
7.0 
5.9 
4.4 
2.5 
9 
8.5 
6.6 
4.9 
10 
9.4 
8.6 
7.3 
5.4 
3.1 
11 
10.3 
9.5 
8.0 
5.9 
3.4 
12 
11.3 
10.3 
8. 7 
6.4 
3.6 
13. : 
12.2 
11. 1 
9.3 
6.9 
3.9 

60-foot trees. 
6 
5. 7 
5.4 
4.7 
3.8 
2. 7 
1.4 
6.6 
6.2 
5. 4 
4.4 
3.1 
1.6 
7.6 
7.1 
6.2 
5.0 
3.5 
1.8 
8.5 
7.9 
6.9 
5.6 
3.9 
2.0 
9.4 
8.8 
7.6 
6.2 
4.3 
2.2 
10.4 
9.6 
8.4 
6.8 
4.8 
2.4 
12 ^ 
11.3 
10.4 
9.1 
7.4 
5.2 
2.7 
13 
12.3 
11.2 
9.8 
8.1 
5. 7 
2.9 
0-foot trees. 
6 
5.8 
5. 5 
4.8 
3.9 
2.9 
1.8 
0. 
8 
6.7 
6.3 
5.6 
4.6 
3.5 
2.2 
1. 
1 
8 
7.6 
7.2 
6.3 
5.3 
4.0 
1. 
3 
9 
8.5 
8.0 
7.1 
6.0 
4.7 
3.1 
1. 
5 
10 
9.5 
8.9 
7.9 
6.7 
5.2 
3.6 
1. 
8 
11 
10.4 
9. 7 
8.6 
7.4 
5.8 
4.0 
2. 
1 
12 
11.4 
10.6 
9.4 
8.1 
6.4 
4.4 
2. 
3 
13 
12.4 
n, 
10.2 
8.8 
7.0 
4.9 
2. 
6 
Table 26. — Taper of balsam fir in New York on hardwood slope and flat. 
[Expressed in per cent of the diameter inside bark breast high.] 
Height above ground (feet). 
(inches;. 
4.5 
10 
20 30 
40 
50 
60 
70 
20-foot trees. 
100 
100 
100 
100 
77.8 
78.6 
78.4 
78,3 
3 
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