CHAPTER XV 

 TABLES AND RULES 



RELATIVE HARDNESS OF WOODS 



TAKING shell bark as the highest standard of our forest 



trees, and calling that 100, other trees will compare as 

 follows (Scribner's Lumber and Log Book) : 



Slu-11 Bark Ili.-kory 100 



Pignut Hickory 96 



Whit.- Oak 84 



Whit.- Ash 77 



Dogwood 75 



Scrub Oak 73 



Whit.- II axel 72 



Apple Tree 70 



Red Oak 60 



White Bet'c-h " 



Black Walnut 65 



HIa-k Hin-h 62 



Y. -How Oak 60 



Whit.- Kim 58 



Hani Mapl<- M 



Red Cedar 56 



Wild Ch.-rry .V. 



Yellow Pin. 54 



Chestnut r,i 



Yellow Poplar :.l 



Unit. -mut 



Whit.- Hin-h 1 '. 



Whit.- Pin- 30 



