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BULLETIN 11, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 
Table 34 shows the cut in board feet of flitch and of inch lumber from 4-foot logs for 
crate and box lumber. Measurements taken on 1 cord of stacked bolts, the diameter 
and amount of lumber actually cut being recorded separately for each bolt, give the 
following results: Bolts ranging 3 to 6 inches in diameter between bark at the small 
end will cut out 510 board feet of flitch per cord, or if sawed into inch boards will cut 
out 390 board feet; bolts 6 to 9 inches in diameter will saw out 600 board feet per cord, 
or if cut into inch boards will cut 500 board feet; a mill crew of four (one sawyer, one 
engineer and fireman combined, and two men to help in handling the bolts and the 
lumber) can readily saw up 5 to 10 cords a day, yielding 2,500 to 3.000 board feet of 
flitch, or 2,000 to 2.500 board feet of inch lumber in case sawed into the latter. 
Table 35 indicates how much more lumber can be sawed from logs cut into four sec- 
tions than when sawed as 12-foot logs. The percentage increase of the former over 
the latter is especially marked in the case of logs of small diameters, but makes little 
difference in large diameters. 
Table 30. — Mill cut in board feet of butt, middle, and top logs of different diameters and 
lengths by mill in Gates County, N. C. 
BUTT LOGS. 
Diameter inside bark at small end. 
Length of log (feet). 
10 
12 
Volume (board feet). 
16 Basis. 
Inches. 
4 
2 
4 
6 
8 
11 
15 
19 
23 
29 
35 
41 
48 
56 
3 
5 
11 
15 
20 
25 
31 
38 
46 
55 
64 
74 
4 
6 
9 
13 
19 
25 
32 
39 
48 
58 
80 
93 
5 
8 
11 
16 
23 
30 
38 
47 
.57 
69 
82 
96 
111 
5 
9 
13 
18 
26 
35 
44 
55 
67 
81 
96 
112 
130 
6 
10 
15 
21 
30 
40 
50 
62 
76 
92 
110 
128 
149 
Logs. 
6. 
14 
8 
36 
9 
55 
10 
48 
11 
43 
12 
13 
14 
28 
26 
8 
15 
6 
16 
3 
Total 
! I 
267 
1 I 
MIDDLE LOGS. 
TOP LOGS. 
4 : 
2 
4 
6 
8 
11 
15 
19 
24 
30 
36 
43 
3 
5 
8 
11 
15 
20 
26 
33 
40 
49 
57 
'4 
10 
14 
19 
25 
32 
41 
50 
61 
72 
5 
J 
17 
23 
30 
38 
49 
60 
73 
86 
6 
9 
14 
19 , 
26 
35 
45 
57 
71 
85 
100 
6 
10 
16 
22 
30 
40 
51 
65 
81 
97 
115 
3 
6 
19 
44 
8 
54 
9 
61 
10 
37 
11 
24 
12 
18 
13 
8 
14 
5 
273 

3 
1 
2 
4 
6 
9 
12 
15 
19 
24 
1 
3 
6 
8 
12 
16 
20 
26 
32 
1 
i 
10 
15 
20 
26 
32 
40 
1 
5 
8 
12 
18 
24 
31 
39 
48 
2 
5 
10 
15 
20 
28 
36 
45 
56 
' 2 
6 
11 
17 
23 
32 
41 
52 
64 
4 
19 
6 
58 
84 
8 
63 
9 : 
41 
10 
18 
11 
10 
Total 

298 
These figures are based on straight and slightly crooked logs only. 
Of the logs tallied, 65 were 12-foot, 117 were 14-foot, and 651 were 16-foot logs. 
Cut by circular saw, i-inch kerf. 
