Show KUM GAN CAN HELP TO RELIEVE DEMAND FOR FOB COAL AND THE STRAIN ON RAILWAYS I 1 1 iw v I 1 1 I 1 t v tv mum TIT g P 10 hi n wab I 1 kl A al m ake wood take the place of to heit the homec this winter t repaired by ahn united states depart ir anent of 0 agriculture arniere lw ho own woodlands find koplo in ill cities towns all and d villager eq atilio Y ho call purchase vom wood from n aurb lains C cin help in tile lie col coming fling winter aa 08 h list Is t winter to ralle relieve e the demand for oil anti tile lin strain on oil railway ening fly by burning burn wood in fil place of goal ill hit it Is in not expected substitution of wooi tor for coal wilt will bo be complete or lint 1 sid isid i as for anany purposes coal Is much more convenient lint for heating flig hinds of hullt wood Is ahe wore convenient and cheaper fuel 4 his is particularly truo true in the case 0 g r f churches halls summer cottages and other tor for which hont Is if only occasionally but then Is wanted in largo volume at short noce methods of making cordwood the most common method of making g cordwood cord is to cut the trees tires into 4 foot lengths with the fix at anti applit the jho target larger lleces tit aho pieces uru then piled filled tn in it a StUn dAId rord cord which to la 8 toot long 4 feet high and 4 feet wide the contents uro tire cubic feet of IV chont I 1 t 70 per cent Is wood find afir air i woodcut 4 feet low 0 can it be kid j 0 1 n i ien adit working and other but Is too large for household use tills this method Is used chiefly acro where the tree free growth Is comparatively squall as in second growth beca because me such wood splits easily another method ethod ni and one better adap teil for old growth hardwoods which are jt to ew la Is to saw tile tree into logs of convenient left lengths tits say from 10 to 15 16 feet these fire are snaked sn aUed ed out 0 o tile ml edge e of tile woodland and vaire sawed and split into lengths proper for the stove or furnace tho the sawing hawing Is usually done by bV machine driven either by gasoline or by electricity the he wood Is kllc 1 I 1 fett feet high and 8 feet imig loil titell p pile being culled called a stove wood or of running cord or run when tit tin wood Is sawed into 10 inch lengths us as Is IR euR customary tomary with stove stevo nin ina terin three runs nrc are theo ret leally equivalent to one cord actually aliey contain somewhat more wood since small pieces can lie be packed anoro clouer than larger ones wood a profitable farm crop ali firewood Is expected to bring r better profit this year than liau ever before it Is a enuch loss less crop than many which the fanner raises when properly filled the better kinds of wood will last list from two tu to three years although wood steadily deter deteriorates lor utter after the first llast year to have the lest best heating value as well as to reduce the cost of hauling wood should be thoroughly seasoned which means air drying it from six nix to eight months No however wever when piled filled so KO us to get a good circulation of air 50 per cent of the moisture may be ba removed lit in three months wood cut tn ili october anti and november therefore may be burned the latter part of tile the winter arho vl ilch likely will bring th this rs year tanner former tin an opportunity to improve tits hla wood find by weeding out the inferior brior trees in ili tho the past this has seldom seldon if been pro C for tile the inferior wood was not marketable with tho the prices indicated cpr tho the coming winters winter th innIngs h b como come practicable over a wide range of country in ili tile vicinity of good markets tho the woodland 0 owner way may secure specific information from his state forester his county age agent at it his I 1 s state ag tural college or from tho the united plates matvs forest service washington D E 0 O C |