Show dorthe th wood lot I 1 S but robert 0 D is 18 1 in greater demand d tuan than ever ver before la in the h history story ot of the edege country lears ago g every bad body nu d wood it as a matter of at cour course but the ot at people in that t day me was small compared u with till the population of the tha united states now 1 in those olden aide times time pro peo pie mould hem have been aghast at the thought of paying 8 or at 10 a cord card for firs ml yet ret ali these s prices slid A ereie high higher As ones he bae b been sell chalked in masi mai cifare the last two seasons when cold cola want weather approached bud and no ad coal had bad been put put mio and the colors cellars great at num A bera bare of people turned to the wood yards yard and to the farmers advertising som wood as a last resort fuel commas loss gioni hem have advised tho the balg of rood bond pointing painting out that a cord card of at we the best beat quality hardwood thoroughly as I 1 based ed has ban the same im potential enlist fui fuel value a as a ton ran ot at a anthracite real coat Mo moreover reave it Is 1 decidedly more am eco unal comical leal for beating purposes luring during the early tall fall and ad late spring when only temporary ores brea arc am required also wood it ashes ell bar have a dealt definite caloa in as fertilizer that the farmers of the country try helped materially in conserving coal in 1918 by substituting boHt tig wood as fuel feel la ia ASA shon by we the bureau of crop estimates of the department dp artmen of agriculture gric daw an 1 average of cords B d of amid or a total of 77 cords card was named burned on the farms of the cour coot try during 1918 the total production product lau 0 of cordwood em alood our cur ing the year which hieb includes include wood ad burned on farms and that sold by farmers to city du dwellers clove amounted to approximately QUO cords card th the 1 average farm value else 1 in 1918 a was 71 cords cents a cord card upon the basis a of catl d mates mate for 1918 the far farm fuel wood ad trip crop I 1 Is one of the important crops of the farm inasmuch as only flie fie crops crop corn wheat oats C rie e bud and cotton cotto ex celden it in value in 2918 in the utilization of tile the forests forest of the country including far farm woodlands a great deal of wood material is produced which cannot find a use other tile than as fuel while hl some A of fit it ia used based far or acid achl word wood chimal charcoal etc most ot of it Is left fo tor fuel or wasted sit since many any of the trees in our forests famed are fit I 1 only for far fuel they will id not be cut un an less a there them Is 1 a demand for fuel wood improvement cuttings which take the small all diseased or detective defective trees time end can profitably be made use of ly 1 in case there them 1 Is such a demand Th innings ca can frequently be made to pay for the them I 1 selves if the material Is used for fuel sometimes sometime products produce of 0 thann th innings on to can A be used tor far other purposes than fuel but more men often film the they c cannot it As proper and improvement cuttings I 1 hie a giant stimulus to increased production and at the same time imar improve e the quality ot of the timber a fuel wood bod demand opens up a great opportunity tor far latest improvement and ad it if wide slide and continued will mill produce a vast total to I 1 effect for the better in the Be character carta and quality of our forest re sources burces I 1 the ills great area bulk of wood fuel feel appi in taming fanning regions regime should mane come frow from th innings and improvement cuttings on OD farm woodlands except under stress ot of emergency trees bases which tell will produce lumber or other material of higher value than cordwood should not at be cut but I 1 for fuel trees which are better suit and sit ed for or ate fuel efla than fo tor 1 BAY any other tile purpose whose removal nad w will I 1 be of benefit to the remaining stand are hound S a A it stand ing and down dead trees team its trees di dis eased or seriously injured by y insect at tacks lacks badly fire fira scarred trem trees crool ed ad end and larg large crowned tied short holed trem trees wh which ell will not make good lumber and which a are crowding or over topping others bases which have base hem been ohp overtop ped by others boom and ad their growth stunt last ed ad trees treas of the less valuable species where they are am crowding in more or re valuable ones tike me beerli his black oak birch hard ork maple ample white oak or white liate pine slow growing trees which are am crowding fast growing species of equal vala value on many any to farms fh f former p pnat mm urca h have become overgrown no with h red ce cedar d r gray birch ann aspen pine or other trees th the trees brads came I 1 in slowly and through neglect were allowed to a edeal much of be the p pasture W if fuel fall 1 Is to be cut somewhere on the farm such land as this thin should be drawn draw up upon first of at all and ad redeemed by clum removing ning all tha trees team and restoring motoring the land to grass al also an el heaed comers of fields or patches of agricultural land within the border ot of the wood ad lot may my be cut cie clean n the wood used for far fuel and the land materially eventually farmed famed the dape expense n of ia clearing is thus largely or end entirely e je met or by the value of the fuel thus produced with the increased use of f wood mel fuel which Is likely to continue for save several e no ea L I 1 st f bauff I 1 W art I 1 I 1 ivaz OR m s RV I 1 e WOOD beals it 1 is important to know knew how much wood there Is in the country on to farms alone the total area Is option optioned ed mutely camly acres cra th the first tier of states just west of mississippi has a gnat feat deal of timber in the west the areas are for far the most part restricted to the mountains an am bane age of ten ted cords an acre which same ile would mould air give one me and onea half billio of cords tor for the region cast of the mississippi at the ever aver A age as rate of consumption on the farm facts itself cords card a year cords will f li last 58 years 0 on the average this oils would 0 id be ample time to replace the stands bands and thus continue 11 e the supply lii in debilt definitely y the great demand tor for fuel wood mood led nd the high pilcha during the winter ue of 1917 IS 18 brought out plainly the in ada ot of the cord tor for measuring load the purchaser of fuel wood mod bu buys it not net for far its bulk but for far its holding heating blue which depends not upon the volume ot of wood but upon its weight eight A pound of dry city wood of one pecia he has about the same number of heat units as a pound of any other species hot but a cord card assuming the sauie same ailed volume of wood mood in each use cae 90 40 ruble bit feet of b basswood w d for far instance icelda laid but 12 GOO british thermal am units chile m title a cord of black locust i ields 25 british thermal therial units A better wn we to sell it fuel would be ly y weight whim i Is jimiy entirely ld In depend pend ent it of species shape or sibe a of sticks or of method of pit piling lug lad and la 11 a very good measure base of the fuel value of thoroughly seasoned wood green wood d ol 01 1 C course CA A ver varies considerably 1 in water marm content and therefore 1 ID fuel flat lalue alue by the unit weight and natural ly mould be sold bold at a folce pi ice dif different ferest from that of dry wood if weight eight in tend stead of volume Is adopted as a lies standard measure it will be necessary to fix certain standards standard as to time BAN a of tug of wood offered fo tor r sale able tall coal he has hem been so ad generally used lately and furnaces and stoves store have become became so adapted to its ita use that it 11 sandle beems impractical to 10 many to buru burn wood it II 11 without aholt going gi to luent great exle expense such I 1 Is A not ul usually y the me cuba case as simple JI adjust adjustments rents zil will allow wood to be used with will coal 1111 burning humid equipment the six saxe A ol 01 th the A firebox aboa ot of course gives the g greatest t eat biffi difficulty culty since in many cases ws it way may make it necessary to cut the wood into very small man blocks this troll his ble he however ever I 1 la not but I 1 insurmountable lan bablo and ad la Is not ant as expensive as it might icem eem T tho 1 matter 1 tg of adjusting dj tig tile d drafts rf an and d arm arranging A the grams it 1 slid tile pie A coal burning stove can be convert ed ad into inlo a wood and burning at stove by moving aling the firebrick fl bud and 9 lighter bricks brick at a coat at of about b 0 1 25 ut most country c cook oak taxes stoves c can an be burn toa wood need without AN much trouble it if a stove grate Is too co coarse for wood sheet iron inn cover over a good part pact of if the surface will make it suitable or a few fl fire bricks bricke can be used wood stated grates made in two pieces are so sold d which can n bs be inserted through bi the e n ad a and ad placed on top of the regular ant aratea where a fireplace 1 Is available wood ran can be used to good advantage afford ing both heat beat and ventilation its ita value Is to supplement the furnace although it may replace the furnace in fall and spring with mith decided economy it Is not lot generally realta realized ed IS that s t a wood fire on can be kept hept bum burning ig right night and ad day in a fireplace with very little ad attention and with ith email all cup consumption of 0 wood one user reports imports conten continuous use ties of 0 a filep fireplace I 1 ace I 1 in nl this way may for over a month with mith fly dry chestnut wood where the amount ot of ashes formed by a mortill month 8 use was not at enough to require removal aa the secret 0 of fireplace fr olee management mag ment Is 1 a plentiful supply of ashes kept at the level of a the andirons and irons ns As A the blocks bloch burn bur an accumulation allen of t glow glam lug ing charcoal forms in 1 the ashes lies this keeps keep on burning slowly and assists in ID igniting the fresh blocks blacks on the and irons A pocket may be formed in 1 the ashes into which the hot charcoal may fall forming a heat halt storage two or three blocks blacks on the andirons and irons with mith the tha hot charcoal in the ashes so will wild form for an excellent fire to check the jim fire ashes are shoveled oer ON u one an or 1 mare crom of I 1 the a blocks blacks covering lightly all 11 burning wood used this will tot not put pat gut lut the firs fire it will III only check the rate of burning checketa so that red charcoal share 1 will be when the ashes are removed tor far the addition of 0 fresh fuel another point worth bearing in mind in connection collection with the housing burning of wood in place of we coal Is the dif difference trance to in the amount of ash produced A cord of beel leod will make only about 60 pounds of ashes while a a to ton of hard coal will mate make from to pounds since hou however eer potash Is now great grant in demand the quantity which mav lq obtained from wood ash Is worth morth 0 can atlon the ashes b 0 coal of course yield no po potash ash stove ashes contain certain from 10 to 15 per cont cent ot of tho the valuable able fertilizer potash the prent pres price of commercial potash about 25 cents a pound or a to ton almost prohibits its a use as a fertilizer it la 11 important nl always ys to keep wood debt under cover an aa they leach rapidly it if allowed to become became damp 1111 new asaei should be all allowed coNed to cool coal bel before ova they on are dumped on the ash heap |