Lowery, David P. , and Allen L. Hearst, Jr. 



1978. Moisture content of lumber produced from dead western white 

 pine and lodgepole pine trees. USDA For. Serv. Res. Pap. INT- 

 212, 11 p. Intermt. For. and Range Exp. Stn. , Ogden, Utah 84401. 



Moisture content of lumber from dead western white pine and lodgepole 

 pine trees was determined using both a moisture meter and the ovendry 

 test method. For both species, the moisture content of lumber from dead 

 trees was about half that reported for green lumber. The kiln drying 

 time for lumber made from dead trees should be about half the time re- 

 quired to dry green lumber. 



KEYWORDS: western white pine, lodgepole pine, dead trees, lumber mois- 

 ture content, kiln drying schedule. 



Lowery, David P., and Allen L. Hearst, Jr. 



1978. Moisture content of lumber produced from dead western white 

 pine and lodgepole pine trees. USDA For. Serv. Res. Pap. INT- 

 212, 11 p. Intermt. For. and Range Exp. Stn., Ogden, Utah 84401. 



Moisture content of lumber from dead western white pine and lodgepole 

 pine trees was determined using both a moisture meter and the ovendry 

 test method. For both species, the moisture content of lumber from dead 

 trees was about half that reported for green lumber. The kiln drying- 

 time for lumber made from dead trees should be about half the time re- 

 quired to dry green lumber. 



KEYWORDS: western white pine, lodgepole pine, dead trees, lumber mois- 

 ture content, kiln drying schedule. 



