Show F FARMERS A R M ERS CAM 1 11 HELP TO UP RELIEVE DEMAND FOR GOAL COAL AND THE STRAIN OF RAILWAYS N A X 0 T 1 amz el IQ 1 X ma P 51 ari i e an make wood take the place of coal to heat the homes this winter prepared by the united states department of agriculture farmers who own woodlands and people in cities towns and who can purchase wood from nearer farms arms can help in the coming corn in g winter as last winter to relieve the demand for coal and the strain on railway capacity lacity y by burning wood in place of coal it is not expected substitution of wood for coal will be complete or universal versa as for many purposes coal Is much more convenient but for heating beating many kinds of buildings wood Is the more convenient and cheaper fuel this Is particularly true in the case of churches halls summer cottages an and other buildings for which heat befit is 1 required only occasionally but then Is wanted in large volume at short notice methods of making cordwood the roost most common method of making cordwood Is to cut the trees into 4 foot lengths with the ax as and split the larger pieces the pieces are then piled in a standard cord which is 8 feet long 4 feet high and 4 teet feet wide the contents are cubic feet of which about 70 per cent Is wood and 80 per cent air wood cut 4 feet long can be sold to brickyards brick yards lime ilme kilns kalns metalworking metal working plants and other industries but Is too large for household use this method Is used chiefly where the tree growth Is comparatively small as in second growth be became case such wood splits easily another method and one better adapted for old growth hardwoods which are difficult tosi lit is to saw the tree info logs log gs of convenient lengths say from 10 30 to 15 feet these are snaked out to tc the edge of the woodland and ur re sawed and split into lengths proper for the stove or furnace the erwing is usually done by machine driven elther either by gasoline or by electricity the wood Is piled 4 feet high and 8 feet long such a 9 pile being called a stove wood or running cord or run when abo wood Is sawed into 10 inch lengthy lengths as aa Is customary with stove maN material rIal three runs are theoretically oquita equivalent lent to one cord actually they contain somewhat more wood since small pieces can be packed more closely than larger ones wood a profitable farm crop firewood Is expected to bring a better profit this apar than ever before it is a much less perishable crop than many which the farmer raises when properly piled the better kinds of wood will last from two to three years although wood steadily det deteriorates erlon after the alie first year to have the best heating value a well as to reduce the cost of hauling wood should be thoroughly seasoned which means air drying it from six to eight mouths months however when piled so as to get a good circulation of air 50 00 per cent of the moisture may inny be removed in three mouths months wood cut in october and november therefore may be burned the lott r part of the winter the prices which cordwood likely will bring this year offer the farmer an opportunity to improve ills his woodland by weeding out the inferior trees in the post past this has seldom been practicable ti for the inferior wood was not marketable with the prices indicated for the coming winter th innings become practicable over a 1 wide range of country in the vicinity of good markets the woodland owner may secure specific information from his forester his county agent liis his state agricultural college or from the united states forest service wash I 1 ington D C |