H.M. Johnson Got 2,817 Square Feet Timber from Single Poplar Tree, March 21, 1926

Got 2,817 Feet of Square Lumber from One Tree

H.M. Johnson of No. 3 township tells us that he sawed recently a poplar tree from Thomas White’s place at Caldwell & Bradword’s store a poplar tree which yielded 3,817 feet of square lumber. The stump measured 5 feet and 3 inches across, and the stump yielded 19 cuts, ranging from 10 to 12 feet long. He asks Venus is he can beat this to trot out his tree.

From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 21, 1926

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