Show wood for newsprint since the customary units of wood menu measurement rement cord log measure or lumber scale do not represent an exact quantity the cubic foot wood Is used even this unit Is variable as to pulp accordI according Dg to tile character of the wood as to species and growth however taking the lie dry weight of spruce as 21 pound per fier cubic foot the commercial ilela of cubic feet would be about 2300 2304 pounds of if mechanical pulp and of sulphite pulp 1030 pounds commercially newsprint Is made from froin a mixture of 75 per cent mechanical find and 25 2 i per cent sulphite consequently a ton of newsprint would contain 1500 1300 pounds mechanical and pounds sulphite then 1500 pounds would require cubic feet wood pounds sul sulphite phile would require cubic feet wood one ton newsprint would require 1317 in 7 cubic feet or pounds oven dry spruce wood |