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and twenty-eight cubic feet, there are only about ninety 

 cubic feet of solid wood in a regular cord. 



Larger pieces are split to allow a better drying or sea- 

 soning, and split wood is always preferred to round pieces. 



FIG. 52. Skidding Spruce Logs in the Adirondacks 

 (After W. F. Fox) 



A cord, as ordinarily cut, contains about two hundred 

 pieces and weighs, when fresh, about four to five thousand 

 pounds. 



For ordinary use the heavy woods, like oak, hickory, 

 beech, maple, etc., and especially the " second growth," 

 are preferred. The lighter kinds, like poplar and bass- 

 wood, are not readily sold for this purpose. 



