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The philosophy of laying a wood fire is based on the fact that it is 

 not the wood that burns, but the gases developed from it ; hence, in 

 order to utilize the heat to best advantage, the wood should be laid in 

 the direction of the draft and not, as in open fireplaces and many makes 

 of wood stoves, so as to have the draft across the pieces. If laid ac- 

 cording to our prescription, the draft and the flame progress length- 

 wise to the fuel; its heat evaporates first the water always present in 

 wood and then gasifies the fuel, and thus the best service is obtained — 

 a complete consumption without the need of rearrangement. 



In starting the fire, three pieces laid lengthwise, so as to form chan- 

 nels for the draft, is best practice. In a properly constructed stove, 

 where the draft works along the fuel, it is possible to keep in a wood 

 fire over night 1jy lighting the billets at one end and then reverse them, 

 so that the fire will have to slowly burn in opposite direction of the 

 draft. 



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