. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. 44 A PRIMER OF FORESTRY. The measurements made by the Bureau of Forestry have shown that the loss from cutting high stumps on a tract of 100,000 acres in the Adirondacks, yielding on an average 15 standards per acre, would be 30,000 standards, or at a stumpage value of 50 cents per stand- ard, would be $15, Fig. 26.—Protection of young growth in logging. Biltmore, N. C. The second thing to consider in felling a tree is how to get it down w^ithout breaking or splitting the trunk. On rocky, uneven ground this is often a hard thing to do, bu
. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. 44 A PRIMER OF FORESTRY. The measurements made by the Bureau of Forestry have shown that the loss from cutting high stumps on a tract of 100,000 acres in the Adirondacks, yielding on an average 15 standards per acre, would be 30,000 standards, or at a stumpage value of 50 cents per stand- ard, would be $15, Fig. 26.—Protection of young growth in logging. Biltmore, N. C. The second thing to consider in felling a tree is how to get it down w^ithout breaking or splitting the trunk. On rocky, uneven ground this is often a hard thing to do, but unless it can be accomplished the tree would, as a rule, better be left untouched. Most important of all for the perpetuation of the forest, each tree must be thrown where it will not unnecessaril}" injure other trees or crush in its fall the young seedlings on which the future of the forest. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Division of Forestry. Washington : G. P. O.
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