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5%. If the trees have rough, thick bark, the solid volume of the 

 cord may be reduced 3%. Thin-barked trees would raise it 3%. 

 Tall, straight trees, clear of branches to a great height, would 

 raise the solid volume of the cord 10% in first-class wood ; in the 

 second class, 5%. Low, crooked, and branchy trees would re- 

 duce the solid contents \o'^/o and 5%, respectively, and so on- 

 As can easily be seen from this, these tables are not absolute for 

 all conditions. To be perfectly correct, such tables should be 

 made for a limited localit}'. The merit of the tables given, there- 

 fore, lies in pointing out the relative solid contents in cords of 

 sticks of different length and diameter, and, as such, they ought 

 to prove of value to all industries which buy timber for its actual 

 solid volume, like pulp and extract manufacturers. 



By giving the actual solid volume in cords of different length 

 and diameter, these tables help to establish just and uniform 

 prices, and ought, therefore, to be the basis of all specifications 

 in contracts for pulp-, extract-, or firewood. 



