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wood was not available ; but it would certainly be preferable in the 

 future for all experiments to be conducted with some named and specific 

 percentage of moisture. At the present time with the machinery which 

 is obtainable for this purpose, it should be possible for a complete series 

 of experiments to be conducted where the percentage of moisture has been 

 reduced to some standardised level. If such information were available 

 it would prove invaluable. 



Table I. — Ash (Canadian). 

 Transverse Experiments. 



Table II. 

 Tensile Experiments. 



Table III. 

 Vertical or Crushing Strain on cubes of 2 inches. 



£=.343980. 8=1675. 



