Forest History Society Sample Images: Logging -- Scaling / FHS5455th.jpg

Image ID:  FHS5455 Image Date:  [no date] Image Title:  Scaler. Image Caption:  Caption 1: It doesn't take a professional scaler long to tell you the number of board feet in a freshly felled tree like this big Douglas fir. An ability to scale timber is required of all foresters. Caption 2: Forest inventory and evaluation: Scaler measures inside of bark. This dimension and log length are the two most important variables used to determine volume in either board feet or cubic feet. Photographer:  Brown, Kenneth S., for American Forest Products Industries Use Restrictions:  Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image. Repository Contact Information:  Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.