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TAHI.K \o. 2. FREIGHT TABLE. 



Excess weight handled in terms per cent of seasoned weight if 

 shipped any given number of months after cutting. 



XOTE : The average green 40 foot 8 inch pole weighed 1672 pounds. 

 The seasoned weight is taken at 50 per cent green weight,836 pounds. 

 836 multiplied by the percentage indicated above gives the weight of 

 unevaporated water that would be handled per pole at any given time 

 after cutting. 



TABLE 3. MONTHLY RATE OF SEASONING. 

 Per cent of green weight lost each month. 



* Gain in weight due to snow and rain. 



