THE SEASONING OF WOOD. 
Table II. — Average shrinkage of various species of wood. 
Species and locality. 
Shrinkage from a green to an 
oven-dry condition (per 
cent of dimensions when 
green). 
Volume. 
Radial. 
Tangen- 
tial. 
HARDWOODS. 
Alder, red, Snohomish County, Wash 
Ash: 
Biltmore, Overton County, Term 
Black— 
Ontonagon, Mich 
Marathon County, Wis 
Blue, Bourbon County, Ky 
Green- 
Richland Parish, La 
New Madrid County, Mo 
Oregon, Lane County, Oreg 
Pumpkin, New Madrid Comity, Mo. . 
White- 
Stone County, Ark 
Oswego County, N. Y 
Pocahontas County, W. Va 
Aspen: 
Rusk County, Wis 
Largetooth, Sauk County, Wis 
Basswood: 
Potter County, Pa 
Marathon County, Wis 
Beech: 
Hendricks County, Ind 
Potter County, Pa 
Birch: 
Paper, Rusk County, Wis 
Sweet, Potter County 
Yellow- 
Potter County, Pa 
Marathon County, Wis 
Buckeye, yellow, Sevier County, Tenn. . . 
Buckthorn, cascara, Lane County, Oreg. . 
Butternut: 
Sauk County, Wis 
Sevier County, Tenn 
Cherry: 
Black, Potter County, Pa 
Wild red, Sevier County, Tenn 
Chestnut: 
Baltimore County, Md 
Sevier Comity, Tenn 
Chinquapin, western, Lane Comity, Oreg. 
Cottonwood: 
Pemiscot County, Mo 
Black, Snohomish County, Wash 
Cucumber tree, Sevier County, Tenn 
Dogwood : 
Flowering, Sevier County, Tenn 
Western, Lane County, Oreg 
Elder, pale, Douglas County, Oreg 
Elm: 
Cork- 
Marathon County, Wis 
Rusk County, Wis 
Slippery — 
Hendricks County, Ind 
Sauk County, Wis 
White- 
Potter County, Pa 
Marathon County, Wis 
1 No figures available. 
12.6 
12.6 
15. 
0) 
11. 
11. 
13. 
0) 
12.0 
12.6 
14.0 
.12.6 
11.1 
11.6 
16.5 
14.5 
16.5 
15.8 
16.3 
15.0 
16.7 
17.0 
12.0 
7.6 
9.4 
11.1 
11.5 
12.8 
10.4 
18.9 
13.2 
C 1 ) 
12.4 
13.6 
19.9 
17.2 
15.6 
0) 
14.1 
15.5 
13.4 
14.4 
0) 
4.4 
4.2 
5.0 
0) 
3.9 
C 1 ) 
4.6 
0) 
3.7 
4.3 
5.3 
4.1 
3.3 
3.1 
4.6 
5.1 
6.3 
6.9 
7.9 
3.5 
3.2 
3.6 
3.0 
3.7 
2.8 
3.3 
3.4 
4.6 
0) 
3.6 
5.2 
7.1 
6.4 
4.4 
0) 
4.8 
5.1 
4.9 
0) 
4.2 
0) 
0) 
0> 
7.3 
6.9 
7.8 
6.5 
7.1 
i 
6.3 
6.4 
8.7 
7.9 
9.9 
8.4 
10.5 
10.6 
8.8 
7.6 
8.9 
9.0 
2.8 
4.6 
5.7 
6.5 
7.1 
10.3 
7.4 
0) 
8.6 
8.8 
11.3 
9.6 
9.0 
0) 
8.1 
9.9 
8.7 
(') 
9.5 
Note. — Oven-dry means entirely free from water. The shrinkage from a green to a kiln-dry condition 
(8 per cent moisture) is generally about 75 per cent of the shrinkage to an oven-dry condition. The shrink- 
age from a green to an air-dry condition (12 to 15 per cent moisture) is generally about 50 per centof the 
shrinkage to an oven-dry condition. 
