| Show BOME GROWN WOOD EXCELLENT MATERIAL A L FOR FUEL ON FARM makes cleaner and quicker fire than coal with over cords of wood available for use this year R W graeber Gr extension forester at north carolina state co college lIege asks the ques tion why not use home grown fuel in north carolina homos homes any wood makes a cleaner quicker ore than coal Is free from gas and odor and compares very favorably with coal in heating value says A graeber two pounds of dry wood h has a s the same he heating abing value is as one pound of coal and many of the heavy woods such as hickory vak oak ash birch beech el elm in and longleaf long leaf pine weigh pounds to the cord making a cord of this wood equal to a ton of coal the lighter woods such as poplar cypress white pine basswood and many any others weigh only 2000 pounds to t the cord and it would therefore take about two cords of this wood to equal one ton of coal in heating value according to mr air graeber the economic value of ua ng wood la Is twofold in that all the money spent for wood remains in the state and the cut ting and hauling would furnish work for macy that would otherwise be objects of charity at an average price of 1 4 a cord the wood that la Is now available if sold would add to the wealth of thi th i state As it Is two thirds of the money spent for coal leaves the state to he be divided between the railroads the mine operators and the miners to use this wood would not deplete the forests of any marketable timber as it could be harvested from the over mature crooked crippled and diseased trees and from forests aliat are overcrowded over crowded this would aid also in making room for trees of better quality and more desirable species for future timber production states mr graeber |
