Show WHAT CORD OF WOOD MAY BE BEIt BEI It I May Measure Long or Short on the Manner Cut Cu BUYER MAY WIN OR LOSE There Is Much Worth While in Knowing When Wood Is Right Right When Is I. a cord corll not a cord To the farmer harvesting his hi small amal woodlot and to tho the man I laying In lop logs for tor the tho large fireplace of ot his hi country or seaside home to the paper manufacturer manu manu- buying pulpwood and to th the proprietor of ot tho the ordinary city woodyard woodyard wood wood- woodyard yard to all AU of or th those e men this question quel- quel ques quee- meaning Lion tion ton has ha Cn in Important t dollar and cents Queer to say and contrary to tho the belief olet of ot most people there aro arc many times Limes when a n cord Is I. less Jeas than a cord and md many conditions when It I Is more cor School arithmetic S say that a a. cord of ot otwood wood Is 18 cubic feet or the contents of ot f a pile pie eight feet reet Jon long four feet contents high and md four feet wide Wood Wool Is marketed on n this basis A pile pie whoso whose length breadth and height multiplied together er lr gives gIve this number of ot cubic feet teet fills fis this requirement no matter mater whether tho he sticks aro are long or short short straight or r crooked round or split unless there Is 5 an understanding to tho the contrary Nevertheless a n cord though It comes comos comesup up 10 to legal measurements Is an uncertain un ur- UT- UT certain ertain quantity oven o en when whon tho the eel sel eller el- el ler or Is honest and the tho buyer satisfied A lumberman may have a tract of pulpwood which hb ho sell sel to a paper mill mi nt it 5 si G a cord coti cord for as ns many cords 1 na ts It will vill wl make It I is In tho the contract that ho me shall cut and stack It It Ho 10 cuts It ita In a l foot 12 root lengths and ant when tho the Job jobS Is S complete it I measures cords and andie he ie receives 1000 for It It Would he be have mave mado or lost by bl cutting four foot Jen lengths Instead of ot 12 17 How lon Lumberman Io Lose c Ho lie would havo have lost In the first place from the tho additional labor re required required re- re to cut tour foot wood but his principal loss would woul have ha resulted from froma a n greatly diminished numer of or cubic feet cot duo due to tho the fact that short sticks He le ie closer cloRer together than large Measurements Measurement and experimental tests have mave been ma made mado o to ascertain exactly how v low much actual wood wool Is In cords of or different lengths sizes shapes and species Had Hal the thc 00 cords of ot 1 foot 12 foot wood been teen cut In four-foot four lengths length there would could havo have been only cords and the hue owner would have received for It SOO Instead of ot of ot 1000 It It was wn there thero- fore ore clearly to his advantage to cut foot 12 lengths but It I would woul havo been to 0 tho timo buyers buyer's advantage to have It cut ut In four-foot four lengths lf He le would havo o ha ave received the same samo actual quan quan- tty it of ot for less 20 It I also makes males con considerable difference differ differ- ence nce to tho seller soler whether wood Is hopped chopped or sawed sawed If I chopped tho the chips hips are aro lost Whore Where tho the lo logs s are largo laro argo this loss amounts to no small smal total total In a n cord of or four foot wood with rith wih sticks six Inches In diameter tho the chip hip loss Is from six to eight per cent and ant of or course coure tho the shorter tho sticks ire aro cut the tIme greater tho the loss If I the tho wood Is sawed the tho sawdust loss Is scarcely tho the hat half of ot ono per cent Spilt Wood LC Le Less N. N Tho The difference duo tuo to spaces between tho the sticks of course depends very vory much 1 on tho the shape shapo and size of ot tho the BU ls Straight smooth sticks Ho lie 10 close to- to and n. n I cord contains moore wood and ana less aIr For core given of soft wood tire Ind smoother and when whon Stacked ito llo closer to together ether But whatever er the tho kind cords of or long lone lonG sticks are pretty euro ouro to contain snore more mor empty than cords made of or short hart LikewIse loss than cords ot of split wood contain COl cords cord cores of ot round sticks sUcks Tho finer tho the wood in S split tho the more rOIO It I makes hence wood oo l dealers dealer are of often oron ton willing to to soil noil fel nil sawed and split for tho Limo thoRmo ni samo price per por cord as 18 wood They get back tho the cost of or labor In fn tho Increase bulkA bulk A cord 28 cubic foot feet of ot four foot hardwood usually contains about 83 81 cubic pot foot of oC solid sold wood a cord of or three foot word averages 53 cubic feet teet of two toot 84 81 root foot and of ot ono- ono foot toot woo wood 85 feet feeL teet Tho The conifers softwoods soft softwoods sor woo woods Cs contain 90 0 to 96 cubic feet teet Thus tho purchaser receives on an average about two-thirds two of or a n cord corl of ot real wood and third one-third of ot a n cord of or spaces JT by iy In somo some countries wood Is bought by weight eight and the tho buyer conies comes more nearly getting what ho bar bargains for Cor but even evon then therm he ho mB may miss It If IC ho receives re re- ro- ro green wood wh when n he ho wants dry According to timber testing en engineers of ot the United States forest lorest service wood In may lose Joso half hal or moro more Its Is green greenweight greenweight greenweIght weight In seasoning Cedar for tor lead load pencils Is bought by weight In this country The Tho pieces are so small and of ot such Irregular sIze that they can cannot cannot cannot not conveniently bo stacked and measured meas mens- as cordwood Tho Time bulk of ot nearly nil all ni woods wood do- do de decreases decreases creases as ns seasoning goes Joes on A hundred hundred hun hun- dred tired cords green will wI mako make from 89 to 93 cords when geen dry This Is 18 a factor of no small smal Importance to dealers who handle largo large quantities Woodlot owners and farmers who have havo o hn small smal forest tracts from which they expect to o sell sel cordwood are noless no noless noless less Interested than contractors who bu buy and sell sel large quantities It I will wi stand them In hand band to know how much difference It I makes whether wood wool is cut lon long or short chopped or sawed whether tho sticks are aro round or split whether largo large or small and whether tho the me measurements are to bo be made mado while whilo the tho wood Is green or after It Is 1 sea sea- |