UTILIZATION OF BASSWOOD. 53 
sections of the country where factories using basswood are located, 
logs, bolts, and lumber generally find a ready sale. As a rule, it is 
preferable for the small timber owner to market basswood timber 
in the log rather than to saw it into boards and planks, because the 
factories using logs can utilize the timber in this form to much 
greater advantage (PL VI). 
Basswood logs are marketed to best advantage in the winter time, 
because the timber is less apt to become stained and decayed in cold 
weather through the action of molds and wood-destroying fungi. 
In warm weather logs should not be allowed to lie in contact with the 
ground for more than a few days, but should rest on skids, and should 
not remain in a damp situation for an extended length of time, 
because basswood deteriorates very rapidly under such circumstances. 
Farmers usually find it most convenient to cut their timber and haul 
it to the railroad during the winter months. In disposing of their 
timber, owners of small tracts will find it to their advantage to get 
in touch with their State forestry departments in order to obtain 
names of possible purchasers, prices, and specifications. 
Since many firms quote prices at the mill or factory, the following 
weights of basswood in various forms are given, from which freight 
costs may be figured: 
Rough lumber, 1 inch thick, 1,000 board feet: Pounds. 
Green 3 4, 200 
Dry 3 2, 500 
Logs, 1,000 board feet, log scale, Doyle Rule: 
Diameter inside butt at small end, 6 inches — 
Green 43, 800 
Dry 27, 800 
Diameter inside butt at small end, 12 inches — 
Green 9, 400 
Dry 6, 000 
Diameter inside butt at small end, 18 inches — 
Green 6, 600 
Dry 4, 200 
Diameter inside butt at small end, 24 inches — 
Green 5, 600 
Dry 3, 500 
Bolts, butts, etc., 1 cord of 128 4 cubic feet: 
Green 3, 700 
Dry 2, 300 
LUMBER. 
Basswood lumber, if well manufactured, is readily salable to a 
large number of industries. High-grade stock is in demand by 
manufacturers of 'musical instruments, apiarists' supplies, and cigar 
boxes. For piano keys, thick stock is required which should be white 
s Official standard weights of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, 
* Figured on the basis of 90 cubic feet of solid wood content, 
