Estimating The Weight Of Douglas Fir Tree Boles And Logs With An Iterative Computer Model

Excerpt from Estimating the Weight of Douglas-Fir Tree Boles and Logs With an Iterative Computer Model About one-half of the population trees (93) were felled and bucked into various log lengths. Each log length was measured, and the log was tagged for identification. The logs were then yarded (using horses) to a landing and weighed with a self loading log truck and platform scales. A total of 326 logs were weighed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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