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BULLETIN 11, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 38. — Volume in cubic feet, exclusive of bark, of trees of different diameters and 
heights from measurements of 372 trees in Somerset and Worcester Counties, Md. 
Diam- 
eter 
breast- 
high. 
Height of tree (feet). 
30 
35 
40 
45 
50 
55 
60 
65 
70 
75 
80 
Peeled merchantable volume (cubic feet). 
Inches. 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
0.4 
.9 
1.4 
2.1 
2.9 
3.8 
0.4 
1.0 
1.6 
2.4 
3.4 
4.5 
0.4 
1.1 
1.8 
2.7 
3.9 
5.2 
6.4 
8.1 
1.2 
2.0 
3.1 
4.4 
5.9 
7.5 
9.3 
1.3 
2.3 
3.4 
4.9 
6.6 
8.5 
10.6 
12.7 
14.9 
3.8 
5.4 
7.2 
9.5 
11.8 
14.3 
16.8 
20.4 
24.0 
4.1 
5.9 
7.9 
10.4 
13.0 
15.8 
18.7 
22.4 
26.1 
29.5 
33.9 
8.7 
11.4 
14.2 
17.2 
20.6 
24.3 
28.3 
32.0 
36.7 
42.1 
47.2 
51.7 
9.4 
12.3 
15.2 
18.7 
22.3 
26.1 
30.5 
34.6 
39.5 
45.0 
50.6 
55.6 
61.0 
16.1 
20.1 
23.9 
27.9 
32.5 
37.2 
42.2 
48.0 
53.9 
59.5 
65.5 
16.9 
21.5 
25.5 
29.6 
34.6 
39.6 
44.8 
50.8 
57.0 
63.3 
70.1 



Scaled to a top diameter limit of 1.5 inch inside bark. Stump height, 1 foot. 
Based on taper curves, diameter measurements taken every 4 feet. 
Table 39. — Volume in board feet of trees of different diameters and heights based on actual 
mill cut in Maryland. 
Diam- 
eter 
breast- 
high. 
Height of tree (feet). 
30 
35 
40 
45 
50 
55 
60 
65 
70 
75 
80 
Volume (board feet). 
Inches. 
15 
16 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
5 
8 
7 
11 
6 
10 
10 
14 
6 
12 
12 
18 
26 
34 
7 
14 
14 
22 
30 
39 
48 
58 
68 
8 
16 
17 
25 
34 
44 
55 
67 
80 
93 
8 
18 
19 
28 
39 
50 
64 
78 
94 
111 
129 
20. 
21 
31 
43 
57 
72 
89 
107 
127 
150 
178 
206 
33 
47- 
63 
80 
99 
121 
143 
167 
195 
225 
258 
290 
20 
69 
89 
110 
133 
157 
182 
212 
243 
276 
309 
344 
75 
98 
120 
145 
170 
198 
228 
261 
294 
330 
366 
82 
105 
130 
157 
185 
213 
243 
276 
311 
350 
390 

i 
i 

i Five and six inch trees scaled as if cut into flitch; i. e., plank 2f inches thick, having one waney edge. 
Width measured in scaling is the average width on narrow face. Diameter inside bark at top 3.5 inches. 
Based on taper curves, scaled as 8, 12, and 16 foot logs. 
Diameter inside bark of top, 4.5 inches. 
Stump height assumed, 1 foot. 
Circular saw, i-inch kerf. 
