A method of estimating the amount of lumber that can be cut from a saw-log. Also called the Doyle’s, Connecticut River, Scribner’s or Connecticut rule.
Let D be the diameter in inches of the small end of the log, inside the bark, and L the length of the log in feet. Then,
Measure the diameter of the small end of the log, inside the bark, in inches. Subtract 4. Divide by 4. Square the result. Multiply by the length in feet. The result, in board feet, is an estimate of the amount of lumber that can be cut from the log.
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|Arkansas||“the Doyle stick or standard”, compulsory||Sec. 10481 (1901); Digest of the Statutes, Crawford & Moses, 1921, ch 113, sec. 6994.|
|Florida||“Doyle’s rule and log book”, compulsory||General Statutes, 1920, Div. 1, Title 11, ch. 39. Sec 2384 (1889).|
|Louisiana||“'Scribner-Doyle' rule”, compulsory||Statutes, 1920. vol. 3, page 2210.|
|Mississippi||“the table known as 'Scribner’s lumber and log book by Doyle's rule'”, compulsory||Hemingway's Ann. Code, 1917, ch 72, sec. 3355.|
|West Virginia||"Doyle and Scribner’s combined rules", optional||Acts, 1919, ch. 53.|
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