BULLETIN OF THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION. 385 
The measurements here given were made early in the spring 
of 1896 :— 
Tree No. 1 72 inches in circumference. 
ae ee Y 12 6 6 
ee’ § 694 ee i 
wm 8h 4 62 “<6 66 
epes 6 58 ‘6 ‘6 
so kG 574 “<6 6 
J) Oi ae | 57 6 6 
nL a 48 “6 6 
If I had desired to write a rose-colored paper, I might have 
drawn conclusions from these trees and from many other groups 
which have made an equally good growth; but what I write for 
the public, is that which I have found in practice to be true, or 
what by observation I have good reasons to believe to be true. 
Many of those who put before the public what they believe to 
be an average or possible product of lumber on a given area of 
land, found their belief on measurements of standing trees, and 
figure out on paper what a given number of cubic feet of logs will 
produce of sawed lumber without recognizing the fact that while 
in one locality logs may be so valuable on the stump, that the 
greatest economy, and the most intelligent labor, will be employed 
to manufacture them into lumber; in other localities trees may be 
so cheap that speed in working them will be sought for regardless 
of economy, and a waste of one quarter, if not one half, of the 
material may be the result. Thus a writer on the products of our 
forest lands needs to be not only a practical luamberman, but one 
who understands the difference between a sawmill constructed for 
economy, and one constructed for speed regardless of economy, 
otherwise he will too often find his opinions at variance with 
those of men who have actual practical knowledge of what 
they are writing about. 
September 10, 1896. 
