A Xylomotor Tjct 



By 

 R. Y. Taylor 



The? use of red and v/hito fir in paper raekin^ has 

 oponod a now market for thoso two inferior lunbor epecies. 

 The practicability of thoir use hcs been settled r*lthout a 

 doubt. 



TJic Crovm Columbia ?.'/:r Company has c. mill at 

 Flo.-iston, C. ll^orr.ta, -ftiich uaee annurlly about 30,000 cords. 

 All 'cinds of general ;:rappinT pcpor including thin, fruit 'Tap- 

 pers ere made. The pulp is "not 700 A enough for the higher 

 grades of pr.per but when it is realized v:hat a vp.st amount of 

 wra_>pin~ paper of all kinde is used r.r.c thrt the supply of 

 other pulp mi.teriel is rep idly dirai niching, it -111 bo seen 

 that thure is bound to bo in the course of a fev yenrs, a steady 

 demand for rer' and white fir. 



Ii ; ni,icipation of tho demand for pulp "rood, a recon- 

 naioeance vme carried on this Siunp'or in the fir region of this 

 Forest, rreut of Sierrr.ville. I ctocd of estimating in board 

 feet end cpplylng the 500 board feet cord equivalent, it 'as 

 thought best to ''otorralne more accurately the cord ne&sure. 

 ?(* '-hir. purjoae 25 cord.s of mixed red anc 1 r^hite fir ";ere 

 not surod in e ^ : loi>>oter in the rroocl ^ard of the Cro'^n Coluabla 



F Paper Company et Ploriston to determine accurr.tely the cubic 

 contents of an &vero.<?e cord of split fir such as is uset* at this 

 mill. 



The vrorl: was carried on tho first pert of !!.?. The 

 Xrlorneter consisted of a Talvrnizcd iron tank 4ir foot hi^h e.n<* 

 2-k feet nide, graduated on the inside. The tank vas filled 

 Tith T^r.ter up i-o t certrin mark on the -jrad;iated ccele, eooh 

 stick i:i noroed oe.;f*rr.toly, end the rise of iho Tater, equivalent 

 to chc volume of the ctlck, noted. The cords -ero piled after 

 the sticks had boon measured, mulclnj each one as near 4'x4': r, ' 

 cs poseible. Hotoc 'ore tuken upon the emount of baric, rot 

 and crook in each fctick, in case it should be deetred to com- 

 pare thio rood irith other cord' -ood of the er:ne species. 



It wns found that the avora^e of the 26 cords con- 

 tained rppro^imntely 00 cubic feet. I fo not !oio~- if other 

 measurements have been ".r.^o oT similar corc.wood but I thir.l: 00 

 cubic Toot is eli -htl7 lees thrn the contents rivon for cord- 



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