YIELDS FROM DISTILLATION OF CERTAIN HARDWOODS. 



The relative value of the species, obtained by taking the average of 

 beech, birch, and maple heartwood as 100 per cent, is given in Table 

 3, and the same values are shown diagrammatically in figures 1 and 2. 



75 too 125 ISO 



PERCIENTAQE 



Pig. 1. — Relative yields of acetate of lime per cord. (Average yield from heartwood of 

 beech, birch, and maple from Indiana and Wisconsin equals 100 per cent.) 



