UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
(fe, BULLETIN No. 753 
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Contribution from the Forest Service. 
HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester. 
Washington, D. C. Vv March 10, 1919 
THE USE OF WOOD FOR FUEL. 
Compiled by the Office of Forest Investigations. 
CONTENTS. 
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PD LLOGUCHION NS c:<co soc sec soce se oaslseeetkeles <cee ly) Woodifuel for thefuture-: os. 2to-222 eee 33 
Wood instead of coal for fuel................. 2 | Promoting use of wood for fuel....-.......... 35 
What to use for wood fuel ..--. 2.220.221... Gr SUMMMAr ys tee see ee Ceci an ae cele 38 
Supply, offiel wood 2 5<c.cemsesoccicisch s--cje Sy leAppendined/a sec. hes obec gous sarees See ye 39 
Producing and marketing wood fuel..-.....- 9 Publications on wood fuel..-......-.-... 39 
TO WaLOwUSeswiOOd Muelesesen eke cacmeeneece ae 24 Recent publications on wood fuel ...._.- 39 
Pfiiciency of wood fuel. 2}... ccceseec cee ance 27 Bibliography’. o/c 5 Jags ce Cae eee 40 
INTRODUCTION. 
Wood has always been of considerable importance as fuel in this 
country, and the present emergency has greatly increased its com- 
parative value for this purpose. Wood is now being cut for fuel in 
places where for many years it had practically gone out of use. On 
farms where coal had become the ordinary fuel and was brought in 
from great distances while wood suitable for fuel went. to waste in 
the neighborhood, wood is now coming into its own again. It is 
being more used in churches, schools, and homes, and even in fac- 
tories. The use of wood for fuel saves transportation, it utilizes 
wood that would otherwise go to waste, and it releases coal for ships 
and railroads and munitions plants. Heretofore wood has supplied 
between 10 and 15 per cent of the total amount of fuel used in the 
United States. The wide distribution of wood fuel supplies, and the 
fact that they are so located as to save transportation should, under 
present conditions, lead to a considerable increase in the proportion 
of wood in our fuel consumption. 
The purpose of this bulletin 1 is to aid in the conservation of the 
Nation’s coal supply and in the full and proper use of our wood 
1As is readily apparent, the material used in this bulletin is largely compiled from 
many sources. Credit has been given as far as it has seemed practical, but in many 
instances the data are so adapted and changed that a specific reference would be mis- 
leading. Information has been obtained from State wood-fuel and Forest Service publi- 
cations mainly, but miscellaneous data and tables have been drawn from everywhere. 
This general statement is made in order to acknowledge help from sources not specifically 
mentioned. . 
