Aspen Bibliography

Document Type

Report

Journal/Book Title/Conference

University of Maine, Orono

Issue

Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 12

First Page

1

Last Page

81

Publication Date

11-1964

Abstract

Long range forecasts of the use of wood, independently prepared by the Forestry and Forest Products Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome and the Standard Research Institute in California, concluded that in the foreseeable future there will be only a slight increase in the consumption of lumber but a rapidly increasing use of products made from wood fiber such as paper and paperboard.

Since 1955 the use of weight as a basic unit of measurement for roundwood and chips has increased more rapidly than the consumption of products made from such material. In some portions of the United States sawlogs, conventionally measured in board feet, are now being weighed as the basis for sales.

The studies on which the tables in this publication were based establish that data on the complete tree can be obtained by employing modern harvesting equipment thus eliminating a problem of measurement that has been impossible or difficult for hundreds of years. It is now possible to obtain similar information on all species.

The tables in this publication are based on a very limited amount of data obtained in a small area. For widespread practical use of such tables, information from more extensive data is essential to include a much wider range of environmental conditions. However, these indicate the method and they can be useful guides for professional foresters and helpful to research workers who are seeking improved techniques for biological investigations such as site productivity. They are a beginning in an approach to a fuller use of the whole tree.

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