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ing and splitting, and even when a gasoline saw is 

 used to take the place of laborious bucking, there 

 are many wages to pay. Add to this the cost of 

 hauling and trucking to the wood yard and finally 

 to the city man's back door, and you will appreciate 

 the reason for an apparently high retail charge. In 



The heat derived from one ton of coal costing $14.00 and one cord of 



wood costing $10.00 is about equal, but the cord of wood will weigh two 



tons, take up more storage space and require constant feeding to the 



fire. 



certain southern and western sections of our coun- 

 try, however, sawmill waste can be delivered at the 

 house door for as low as three dollars and a half 

 per cord, and at this price the lumbermen are only 

 too glad to get rid of it. Unfortunately, the gradual 

 westward movement of the lumber industry has cut 

 most of us off from the enjoyment of such benefits, 



