THE SEASONING OF WOOD. 

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



Species and locality. 



Shrinkage from a green to an 

 oven-dry condition (per 

 cent of dimensions when 

 green). 



Tangen- 

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hakdwoods— continued. 

 Oak — Continued. 

 Red- 

 stone County, Ark 



Hendricks County, Ind 



Richland Parish, La 



Sevier County, Term 



Spanish- 

 Lowland, Winn Parish, La 



Highland, Winn Parish, La 



Swamp white, Hendricks County, Ind 



Tanbark, Willits, Cal 



Water, Winn Parish, La 



White- 

 Stone County, Ark 



Hendricks County, Ind , 



Richland Parish, La 



Winn Parish, La 



Willow, Winn Parish, La 



Yellow — 



Stone County, Ark 



Marathon County, Wis 



Osage orange, Morgan County, Ind 



Poplar, yellow, Sevier Count}' Tenn 



Rhododendron, great, Sevier County, Tenn 



Sassafras, Sevier County, Tenn 



Serviceberry, Sevier County, Tenn 



Silverbell tree, Sevier County, Tenn 



Sourwood, Sevier County, Tenn 



Sumach, staghorn, Sauk County, Wis 



Sycamore: 



Hendricks County, Ind 



Sevier County, Tenn 



Tupelo, St. John the Baptist Parish, La 



Umbrella, Fraser, Sevier County, Tenn 



Walnut, black, Kentucky 



Willow: 



Western black, Dohglas County, Oreg 



Black, Sauk County, Wis 



Witch hazel, Sevier County, Tenn 



CONIFERS. 



Cedar: 



Incense — 



Lane County, Oreg 



Weed, Cal 



Port Orford, Douglas County, Oreg 



Western red — 



Missoula County, Mont 



Snohomish County, Wash 



White, Shawano County, Wis 



Cypress: 



Bald, St. John the Baptist Parish, La 



Yellow, Lane County, Oreg 



Douglas fir: 



Plumas County, Cal 



Humboldt County, Cal 



Johnson County, Wyo 



Lane County, Oreg 



Chehalis County, Wash 



Lewis County, Wash 



Washington and Oregon 



Missoula County, Mont 



Fir: 



Amabilis — 



Dee, Oreg 



Snohomish County, Wash 



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