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tliat seasoning ends, as the woods all vary, bat as a general rule it may 

 be stated that in all woods (except perhaps elm) seasoning virtually 

 ends with the end of the summer months. 



(2) All woods take nj^ moisture in slight amounts during wet weather 

 of the fall and winter mouths. 



(3) Pine of small dimensions (such as 1 inch flooring '• M ") will ab- 

 sorb moisture during the wet months. Other wooils of small dimensions 

 were not experimented with. 



(4) As shown by these experiments one season of average weather 

 is generally sufficient to season woods for purposes of construction. 



Yours truly, 



G. H. Ellis, 



GJiemist. 



