TIMBEE NOTES 



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NUESEEY NOTES. 



NUMBER OF PLANTS IN NURSEEY LINES PER 

 SQUARE YARD AT GIVEN DISTANCES. 



TIMBEE NOTES. 

 TBIBER MEASURE. 



100 superficial feet of planking = 1 square. 



120 deals = 1 hundred. 



108 cubic feet = 1 stack. 



128 „ = 1 cord. 



165 ,, = 1 standard. 



50 „ squared timber = 1 load. 



40 „ round „ = 1 load. 



42 „ timber = 1 ton (shipping). 



600 super feet 1 inch planking = 1 ton. 



Boards 7 inches wide = battens. 



» 9 „ „ = deals. 



„ 12 „ „ = planks. 



AVERAGE COMPOSITION OF DRY WOOD. 



Carbon 50 per cent. 



Hydrogen 6-2 „ 



g^/g^^ ] 43-8 „ 



Nitrogen ) 



Moisture in freshly feUed timber 25 to 60 per cent. 



Moisture in air dried timber iO to 20 per cent. 



