The regular green drying schedule was used to dry the charge. This 98-hour schedule 

 uses an initial dry-bulb temperature of 160° F, a final temperature of 180° F, and 

 includes two 3-hour steaming periods. The initial wet-bulb depression was 10° F, and 

 the final depression was 90° F. 



After drying, the studs were surfaced and bundled for shipment. The moisture 

 meter was used to obtain a sample of moisture readings as the studs were being packaged. 



Results and Discussion 



The moisture content of slightly more than half of the studs (1,658 of about 

 3,050) cut from dead lodgepole pine logs was measured with a moisture meter in the 

 sawmill. One reading was obtained from the approximate center of each piece. The 

 average of these meter readings was 16.5 percent. However, the true value is probably 

 somewhat higher than this value as 225 (approximately 14 percent) of the readings were 

 above 20 percent and undoubtedly some of these values exceeded the maximum of the meter 

 scale used. The readings were not corrected for temperature or species. The distribu- 

 tion of the readings is shown in figure 3. 



400 



300 



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o 



200 



100 



Figure 3. — Distribution of 

 moisture content deter- 

 minations made on lodge- 

 pole pine studs out from 

 dead trees. 



12 or less 13-14 15-16 17-18 19-20 

 MOISTURE CONTENT (PERCENT) 



21 or more 



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