Ed, That is the sentence that cued me. Again, even if the LENGTH of one route to the branch tops is 300 feet, that would be far less than the HEIGHT.
Gary On Nov 15, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Edward Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul, > > The problem isn't with the number of logs taken out of the tree, > The article says: > > A Large Tree. --- Mr. D. E. Hawks, of Charlemont, cut a Pine tree a > short time since, of the following dimensions. It was 7 feet > through 10 feet from the stump, and 5 feet through 50 feet from the > stump. Twenty-two logs were taken from the tree, the average length > of which were 12 feet. Fourteen feet of the tree were spoiled in f > alling. The extreme length of the tree from the stump to the top tw > igs was 300 feet! ---- Greenfield Gazette. > > Ed > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
