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) : 



Shell Bark Hickory ....... 100 



Pignut Hickory . . . 96 



White Oak .......... 84 



White Ash .......... 77 



Dogwood .......... 75 



Scrub Oak . 73 



White Hazel . 72 



Apple Tree .......... 70 



Red Oak . 60 



White Beech . . '. 65 



Black Walnut 65 



Black Birch . . . . 62 



Yellow Oak . 60 



White Elm .......... 58 



Hard Maple 56 



Red Cedar 56 



Wild Cherry 55 



Yellow Pine 54 



Chestnut 52 



Yellow Poplar 51 



Butternut 43 



White Birch 43 



White Pine 30 



Y 321 



