THE USE OF WOOD FOR FUEL. 
cord. Crooked, rough sticks can not be piled as closely as straight, 
smooth sticks. Therefore there is less wood in a cord of crooked 
sticks than in a cord of straight sticks. 
HAULING PROFIT 
To producer. Incase of 
Includes loading,hauling farmer usually abserb- 
CUTTING-STACKING 
Includes such items as, 
felling.bucking, skidding 
to road, and staking. 
Bucking willecost tess if 
weed is hauled sledteagt 
ST-UMPAGE 
Actual cost if pur- 
chased, otherwise 
market value. 
by sled,wagen,truck rail,|] {ed in stumpage or his 
or boat,and unloading. | own wages. 
COST OF WOOD 
4-FOOT OR SLED-LENGTH 
DELIVERED TO 
MUNICIPAL OR 
COMMUNITY 
YARD 
wWooD DEALER CONSUMER 
| SAWING & SPLITTING 
Same as for dealer if consunt| 
er uses own machinery+other - | 
jwise price paid for custom work | 
if he works up wood by hand 
inspare time,-cost nominal 
SAWING @ SPLITTING 
Includes labor, oil, gas 
etc.and depreciation and 
maintenance of equipment: 
| SAWING & SPLITTING — 
| Same as for dealer, 
SELLING & OVERHEAD OVERHEAD 
Includes advertising, rentats| jIncludes such itemsas 
yardand officeexpenses j j jrentals yard and office ex- 
Salaries, insurance, taxes. | | penses, salaries, insurance. 
DELIVERY 
Includes loading, transpo: 
ation, uniosding 
DELIVERY 
| Same as for dealer. 
INTEREST 
| Same ae for dealer. 
| Rate may be lower. 
INTEREST 
On fixed investment 
and working Capita] 
DEALER’S PROFIT 
cost TO CONSUMER OF 
WOOD READY TO BURN 
Fig. 2.—The elements of cost of wood fuel. 
SELLING WOOD BY WEIGHT. 
The great demand for fuel wood and the high prices during the 
winter of 1917-18 brought out plainly the inadequacy of the cord 
unit for measuring wood. The purchaser of fuel wood buys it not 
for its bulk but for its heating value, which depends not upon the 
