THE SEASONING OF WOOD. 

 Table II. — Average shrinkage of various species of wood. 



Species and locality. 



Shrinkage from a green to an 

 oven-dry condition (per 

 cent of dimensions when 

 green). 



Tangen- 

 tial. 



HXEDWOODS. 



Alder, red, Snohomish County, Wash 



Ash: 



Biltmore, Overton County, Tenn 



Black— 



Ontonagon, Mich 



Marathon County, Wis 



Blue, Bourbon County, Ky 



Green — 



Richland Parish, La 



New Madrid County, Mo 



Oregon, Lane County, Oreg 



Pumpkin, New Madrid Countv, Mo. . 

 White- 

 Stone County, Ark 



Oswego County, N. Y 



Pocahontas County, W. Va 



Aspen: 



Rusk County, Wis 



Largetooth, Sauk County, Wis 



Basswood : 



Potter County, Pa 



Marathon County, Wis 



Beech: 



Hendricks County, Ind 



Potter County, Pa 



Birch: 



Paper, Rusk County, Wis 



Sweet, Potter County 



Yellow — 



Potter County, Pa 



Marathon County, Wis 



Buckeye, yellow, Sevier County, Tenn . . . 

 Buckthorn, cascara, Lane County, Oreg . . 

 Butternut: 



Sauk County, Wis 



Sevier County, Tenn 



Cherry: 



Black, Potter County, Pa 



Wild red, Sevier County, Tenn 



Chestnut: 



Baltimore County, Md 



Sevier County, Tenn 



Chinquapin, western, Lane County, Oreg. 

 Cottonwood: 



Pemiscot County, Mo 



Black, Snohomish County, Wash 



Cucumber tree, Sevier County, Tenn 



Dogwood: 



Flowering, Sevier County, Tenn 



Western, Lane County, Oreg 



Elder, pale, Douglas County, Oreg 



Elm: 



Cork- 

 Marathon County, Wis 



Rusk County, Wis 



Slippery— 



Hendricks County, Ind. 



Sauk County, Wis 



White- 

 Potter County, Pa 



Marathon County, Wis 



1 No figures available. 



,12.6 



12.6 



15.2 

 0) 

 11.7 



11.7 

 13.3 

 C 1 ) 

 12.0 



12.6 

 14.0 

 12.6 



U.l 

 11.6 



16.5 

 14.5 



16.5 

 15.8 



16.3 

 15.0 



16.7 

 17.0 

 12.0 

 7.6 



9.4 

 11.1 



Hi 5 

 12.8 



10.4 

 18.9 

 13.2 



(^ 

 12.4 

 13.6 



19.9 

 17.2 

 15.6 



0) 



14.1 



15.5 

 13.4 



14.4 

 0) 



4.4 

 4.2 



C 1 ) 



3.9 



« 



4.6 



C 1 ) 



3.7 



4.3 

 5.3 

 4.1 



3.3 

 3.1 



6.8 

 6.2 



4.6 

 5.1 



6.6 

 6.3 



6.9 

 7.9 

 3.5 

 3.2 



3.6 

 3.0 



3.7 

 2.8 



3.3 



3.4 

 4.6 



C 1 ) 



3.6 

 5.2 



7.1 



6.4 

 4.4 



( J ) 



4.8 



5.1 



4.9 



(') 



4. 2 



( x ) 



C 1 ) 



7.3 



6.9 



7.8 

 l 

 6.5 



i 



7.1 

 i 



6.3 



6.4 



8.7 

 6.6 



6.9 



7.9 



9.9 



8.4 



10.5 

 10.6 



8.8 

 7.6 



8.9 

 9.0 

 2.8 

 4.6 



5.7 

 6.5 



7.1 

 10.3 



6.6 

 6.8 

 7.4 



(') 



11.3 

 9.6 

 9.0 



C 1 ) 



9.9 



8.7 



(') 



9.5 



Note. — Oven-dry means entirely free from water. The shrinkage from a green to a kiln-dry condition 

 (8 per cent moisture) is generally about 75 per cent of the shrinkage to an oven-dry condition. The shrink- 

 age from a green to an air-dry condition (12 to 15 per cent moisture) is generally about 50 per centof the 

 shrinkage to an oven-dry condition. 



