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  1. Feasibility of harvesting southern hardwood trees by extraction

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    Author(s): Donald L. Sirois
    Date: 1977
    Source: ASAE Paper 77-1567. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers. 16 p.
    Publication Series: Miscellaneous Publication
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    A Rome TXH Tree Extractor was used to explore the harvesting of four species of southern hardwoods by extraction. The test indicate that harvesting by extraction is feasible for harvestang, if tree size is limited to 9 inches DBH or less. Stump and below ground biomass averaged 18 percent of total tree biomass.

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    Sirois, Donald L. 1977. Feasibility of harvesting southern hardwood trees by extraction. ASAE Paper 77-1567. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers. 16 p.

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