THE USE OF WOOD FOR FUEL. 19 
cord. Crooked, rough sticks can not be piled as closely as straight, 
smooth sticks. Therefore there is less wood in a cord of crooked 
sticks than in a cord of straight sticks. 
HAULING PROFIT 
To producer. Incase of 
former usually ahserh- 
CUTTING-STACKING 
Includes such items as, 
felling. bucking, skidding 
to road, and staking. 
Bucking willccost tess if 
weed is hauled alecleagt 
STUMPAGE 
Actual cost if pur- 
{includes leading,hauli i : 
by sled,wagon, truck, rail, ad in stumpage or his 
or boat,and unloading. ; own wages. 
| chased, otherwise 
|; market value. 
COST OF WOOD’ 
4-FOOT OR SLED-LENGTH | 
DELIVERED TO 
| MUNICIPAL OR 
COMMUNITY 
- YARD 
WOOD DEALER 
CONSUMER 
| SAWING @ SPLITTING 
Includes labor, oil, gas 
etc.and depreciation and | 
| maintenance of equipment. 
[SAWING & SPLITTING | 
\Same as for dealer if consum} 
jer uses own machinery+other - | 
wise price paid for custom work | 
SAWING & SPLITTING 
| Same as for dealer. 
|if he works up wood byhand | 
jin spare time, -cost noming} |} 
OVERHEAD 
Includes such itemsas 
jrentals yard and office ex- 
| penses, salaries, Insurance. 
ISELLING & OVERHEAD 
Includes advertising, rentals 
yardand officeexpenses | 
saleries, insurance, taxes. — 
DELIVERY DELIVERY 
| Same as for dealer. 
| Includes loading, transpo 
ation, unlosding 
INTEREST INTEREST 
On fixed investment 
and working capital 
| DEALER'S PROFIT | 
| Rate may bo lower. 
COST TO CONSUMEROF | 
WOOD READY TO BURN 
Fig. 2.—The elements of cost of wood fuel. 
SELLING WOOD BY WEIGHT. 
The great demand for fuel wood and the high prices during the 
winter of 1917-18 brought out plainly the inadequacy of the cord 
unit for measuring wood. The purchaser of fuel wood buys it not 
for its bulk but for its heating value, which depends not upon the 
