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Table 33. — Cut of small logs when sawed into crate flitch r by mill in Somerset 
County, Md. 
BUTT LOGS. 
Diameter 
inside bark, 
small end. 
Length of log (feet). 
Basis. 
6 
8 
10 
12 
Volume (board feet). 
Inches. 
4 . 
3 
5 
8 
5 
7 
10 
6 
9 
13 
7 
10 
15 
Logs. 
10 
20 
5 
5 
6 
Total.. . 
35 
MIDDLE LOGS. 
4 
3 
6 
8 
4 
7 
11 
5 
9 
14 
6 
11 
17 
2 
14 
10 
5 
6.. 
Total. . . 
26 
TOP LOGS. 
3 
2 
4 
5 
3 
5 
7 
4 
6 
9 
5 
7 
11 
3 
41 
11 
4 
5 
Total. . . 
55 
i Sawed into fliteh, i. e., plank 2| inches thick, having one waney edge, 
is the average width on the narrow side. 
Cut by circular saw, i-inch kerf. 
The width measured in scaling 
Table 34. — Cut of flitch and 1-inch boards from logs of different diameters and 4 feet long 
by a mill in Wicomico County, Md. 
Diameter 
inside 
bark, 
small end. 
Volume of 
flitch in 
4-foot logs. 1 
Volume of 
1-inch 
boards in 
4-foot logs. 2 
Diameter 
inside 
bark, 
small end. 
Volume of 
flitch in 
4-foot logs. 1 
Volume of 
1-inch 
boards in 
4-foot logs. 2 
Inches. 
2.0 
2.5 
3.0 
3.5 
4.0 
4.5 
5.0 
5.5 
6.0 
6.5 
7.0 
Board feet. 
0.3 
.8 
1.3 
1.8 
2.4 
3.2 
4.0 
4.8 
5.8 
7.0 
■ 8.2 
Board feet. 
0.3 
.6 
1.0 
1.4 
1.8 
2.4 
3.0 
3.7 
4.6 
5.6 
6.7 
Inches. 
7.5 
8.0 
8.5 
9.0 
9.5 
10.0 
10.5 
11.0 
11.5 
12.0 
Boardfeet. 
9.5 
10.8 
12.4 
14.0 
15.9 
17.9 
20.0 
22.4 
25.0 
28.0 
Boardfeet. 
8.0 
9.4 
10.7 
12.1 
13.5 
15.0 
16.5 
18.1 
19.7 
21.4 
1 Basis, mill cut of 168 logs. 
2 Basis, mill cut of 30 logs. 
Cut by circular saw, J-inch kerf. 
Flitch is plank 2f inches thick, having one waney edge. 
