156 A MANUAL FOR NORTHERN WOODSMEN 
Log diameter taken at top end, inside bark. Saw kerf 
| inch. Boards not edged, but measured at an average 
width on narrow side. From Massachusetts State Forester. 
A cord of pine wood sawed and measured in this fashion 
yields about 1000 feet of box boards. Sawed one inch 
thick, it is counted by Massachusetts box board men to 
yield about 650 feet surface measure. 
TABLE VI 
Yield in round-edged boards of second growth hard 
wood logs 12 feet long cut 1^ inch thick with circular saio 
cutting \-inch kerf. Based on 1831 logs. 
Grouped according to top 
diameter. 
Top Diameter 
Inside Bark 
Yield, Surface 
Measure, of 12- 
foot Logs 
4 inches 
8 feet 
5 inches 
11 feet 
6 inches 
16 feet 
7 inches 
22 feet 
8 inches 
30 feet 
9 inches 
39 feet 
10 inches 
51 feet 
11 inches 
65 feet 
12 inches 
82 feet 
13 inches 
100 feet 
14 inches 
120 feet 
15 inches 
141 feet 
16 inches 
165 feet 
17 inches 
192 feet 
18 inches 
222 feet 
Grouped according to mid 
diameter. 
Mid Diameter 
Outside Bark 
Yield, Surface 
Measure, of 12- 
foot Logs 
6 inches 
11 feet 
7 inches 
15 feet 
8 inches 
21 feet 
9 inches 
29 feet 
10 inches 
37 feet 
11 inches 
49 feet 
12 inches 
61 feet - 
13 inches 
75 feet 
14 inches 
91 feet 
15 inches 
107 feet 
16 inches 
126 feet 
17 inches 
143 feet 
18 inches 
165 feet 
19 inches 
187 feet 
20 inches 
210 feet 
From New Hampshire Forestry Report for 1905-1906. 
