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BULLETIN 129, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 4. — Yields of commercial alcohol and acetate from various species per cord of wood. 
YIELD OF WOOD ALCOHOL (82 PER CENT). 
Species. 
Localiiv. 
* 
Heart- 
wood. 
Slab 
wood. 
Lum- 
ber. 
Mean 
heart- 
wood 
and 
slab 
wood. 
Aver- 
age 
lumber 
and 
heart- 
wood. 
Other forms. 
Gals. 
11.8 
13.5 
8.3 
9.3 
11.8 
11.85 
9.4 
3.7 
Gals. 
10.9 
12.6 
8.9 
9.1 
11.6 
10.7 
9.2 
3.6 
Gals. 
12.2 
Gals. 
'11.4 
13.15 
8.6 
9.2 
11.7 
11.3 
9.3 
3.6 
Gals. 
12.05 
'"8.9" 
"ib'.b" 
Gals. 
Sapwood... 11.9 
Do 
Birch 
Pennsylvania. .. 
Wisconsin 
Pennsylvania . . . 
Wisconsin 
Pennsylvania. .. 
Do 
9.87 
"ibis" 
10.4 
Do 
Chestnut 
New Jersey 
Limbs 3.9 
do.. 
9.2 
9.2 
18.75 
9.2 
10.1 
10.4 
9.2 
9. 65 
9.1 
9.9 

Do 
Missouri 
Limbs 9.2 
1 Single unchecked determination. 
YIELD OF ACETATE OF LIME (80 PER CENT). 
Species. 
Locality. 
Heart- 
wood. 
Slab 
wood. 
Lum- 
ber. 
Mean 
heart- 
wood 
and 
slab 
wood. 
Aver- 
age 
lumber 
and 
heart- 
wood. 
Other forms. 
Weight 
per cord 1 
(15 
per cent 
moist- 
ure). 
Beech 
Indiana- 
Pennsylvania... 
Wisconsin 
Pennsylvania... 
Wisconsin 
Pennsylvania... 
Lbs. 
301 
313 
346 
319 
301 
314 
269 
198 
Lbs. 
335 
337 
355 
314 
284 
302 
247 
180 
Lbs. 
313 
""34T 
3I6" 
332" 
300 
Lbs. 
318 
325 
350 
316 
293 
308 
258 
194 
30i" 
265 
243 
Lbs. 
307 
Lbs. 
Sapwood... 361 
Lbs. 
3,785 
Do.... 
3,785 
Birch 
343 
3,600 
Do 
3,600 
305 
3,875 
3,875 
3,300 
2,520 
4,590 
Do 
Red gum 
Chestnut 
Hickorv 
New Jersey 
*""332* 
305 
Limbs 232 
White oak 
do 
308 
262 
226 
295 
269 
260 
4,320 
Do 
Arkansas 
4,320 
Tupelo 
Limbs 2S3 
3,510 
1 The weights per cord are derived as explained on p. 6. 
Table 5. — Relative yields of commercial alcohol and acetate per cord of v:ood of various 
species} 
[Average yields 2 from heartwood and lumber of beech, birch, and maple from Wisconsin equals 100 per 
cent.] 
Species. 
Locality. 
Yield of acetate of lime 
(80 per cent). 
Y] 
eld of wood alcohol 
(82 per cent). 
Heart- 
wood. 
Slab 
wood. 
Other forms. 
Heart- 
wood. 
Slab 
wood. 
Other forms. 
Beech 
Indiana 
Pennsylvania . . . 
Wisconsin 
Pennsylvania . . . 
Wisconsin 
Pennsylvania. .. 
Missouri 
New Jersey 
Indiana 
Gals. 
94.6 
98.2 
108. 5 
100.0 
94.7 
98.5 
84.4 
62.1 
104.1 
96.6 
82.2 
70.9 
Gals. 
105.0 
105.7 
111.3 
98.5 
89.1 
94.7 
77.6 
59.6 
Sapwood. 
Gals. 
113.1 
Gals. 
10S.2 
124.0 
75.2 
85.4 
108.2 
108. 8 
86.2 
33.9 
140.5 
84.5 
84.5 
SO. 3 
Gals. 
100.0 
115.6 
81.6 
83.5 
106.5 
98.2 
84.5 
33.0 
'"84."5" 
92.7 
95.5 
Gals. 
Sapwood 109.1 
Do 
Birch 
Do 
Maple 
Do . .. 
Chestnut 
Hickorv 
Limbs.. . 
72.8 
Limbs. . 35. S 
do 
Arkansas 
Missouri 
92. 5 
84.4, 
81.6 
Do... 
Tupelo 
Limbs. . . 
88.8 
Limbs . . 84. 4 
1 The weights per cord are derived as explained on p. 6. 
2 Acetate of lime, 80 per cent, 319 pounds; alcohol, 82 per cent, 10.9 gallons. 
