The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-08
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lcouked nuud.ur .plt unless jhcro
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No,euhelo. cord though 10 ,omca
iup to leea announcements. ts au un-
Ir,rian nfWHN even when the sell.
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\ mmbeupan woy have O. tract of
Ipulpvood which hc sells to q paper
lmul at 81 cord, for as many
cords as BIS win make. It Is i'm the
contract that he shall cut and stack
It, He cuts it in l2-foot lengths, and
when the job is completed, It meas,
lures POO cords. and he receives ST.
ost by cutting tot lengths nstea1
of y?
He would have lost IN the first
place from the additional labor re-
uuired to cut i-foot wood. but his
| principal loss would have resulted
from a greatly diminished number
cubic feet, due to the fact that short
sticks lie closer together than large
Measurements and experimental
tests have been made to ascertain
exactly how much actual wood is In
cords of different lengths, sizes,
shapes and species.
Had The 200 cords of 2-foot wood
been cut In i-foot lengths, there
would have been only l76 cords,
and the owner would have received
for II $3.50 instead of $1,000. II
was. therefore clearly to his adj
vantage to cut - foot lengths, but
It would have been to the buyers adj
vantage TO have II cut in i-loot
lengths. He would have received the
s3me actuaI quantity of wood fer
$40 less.
II also makes considerable diff
| ference % tho seller whether w,od
Is cLol pee or sawed, If chopped the
chips are lost Where the logs are
large this loss am~ts to no small
total. In cord of Ffoot wood, with
sticks inches IN diameter, the chip
loss is from six to eight per cent.
land OF course. the shorter the sticks
are cut the greater the loss. IT the
wood is sawed the sawdust loss IL
scarcely the half OF one per cent
The difference due to spaces be.
tween the sticks OF course depends
| very much on the shape and size of
the sticks Straight, smooth sticks
| lie close together and n cord con.
taIns more wood and less mir, For
given lengths, sticks of soltwoods
are usually straighter and smooth
| or. and when stacked lie closer to-
! gether. But whatever the kind, cords
OF long sticks are pretty sure to con
tain more empty spnce than cords
made of short pieces. Likewise
cords Of split wood contain less than
cords of round sticks. The iiner the
| wood Is split the more II makes,
| Hence wood dealers are often will
ing to sell bindings, all sawed and
split for the same price per cord as
unsplit wood. They get back the cost
OF labor in the Increased bulk.
A cord ti2S cubic feetl of a-foot
hardwood usually contains about 50
cubic feet of solid wood cord OF
3-foot wood averages 80 liz cubic
feet; OF 2-foot wood. "a feet. and of
foot wood 30 feet, The conifers,
softwoods, contain 80 to 90 cubic
feet. Thus the purchaser received on
an average about two-thirds OF a
cord of real wood and one-thrd OF
n cord OF space
In some countries wood IL bought !
by weight and the buyer comes moro |
nearly getting what he bargains for. |
but even then he may miss It n he |
receives green wood when he wants |
dry. According 60 timber testing |
engineers OF United States Forest |
service, wood may lose half or more
or Its green weight IN seasoning. |