Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1912 — Wood From Sawdust and Shavings. [ARTICLE]

Wood From Sawdust and Shavings.

Cordwood made from sawdust and shavings is the outcome of an Idea or r planing mill man in a western city. The material is compressed by steel plungers into dies, a pressor* of thirty , tons forces the particles together. info a solid mass. The machine turns out five tons of fuel a day, which sells readily at |9 a ton, r*! turning an average net profit of |4.50, all of which was formerly thrown away ' • ; • ■ —- •