14 BULLETIN 753, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
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is to pile the 4-foot lengths in compact piles resting on two bed pieces. 
longer, but a different procedure must be adopted where more rapid 
seasoning is desired. The most open form of pile is the so-called “log- 
cabin ” style. A pile which gives almost as good results without occu- 
pying nearly as much space has alternate tiers resting on single sticks 
at each end. There 
pi pe through the alter- 
nate open layers. 
It is very im- 
portant for rapid 
Building seasoning to place 
| air will circulate 
readily through 
| them. The ideal 
| place for this pur- 
pose is an open field, 
| top. The direction 
| toward which the 
piles face is not 
| very important if 
| there is good air 
| best results will be 
_j obtained in season- 
ing if the piles are 
so constructed as to 
shed rain as much 
Cordwood of the 
ordinary species 
Fie. 1—Plan of a retail wood dealer’s plant for sawing Nel per loe ou 
ial Sia eolitine, cara hala from 9 to 12 months 
to season thor- 
cent in three months’ time, depending somewhat on the season of the 
year. Wood of three months’ seasoning has from 85 to 95 per cent 
as much fuel value as wood of the same species thoroughly seasoned. 
Even green wood has a heating value of 80 per cent or more of that 
of dry wood. 
This does very well when the wood is to season for six months or 
isample ventilation 
Rie. Scat LT | the piles so that the 
preferably ona hill- 
circulation. The 
as possible. 
oughly, although the moisture content will be reduced to about 35 per 
TRANSPORTATION. 
Ordinarily wood fuel is used within 5 to 10 miles of the locality 
-where it is produced, because its great bulk makes it expensive to ship. 
