Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1918 — ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. [ARTICLE]

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

Sawbuck.—How do wood and coal compare as to fuel value, that is, how much wood does it take to equal a ton of coal?—lnvestigations by the agricultural department show that one standard cord of well seasoned hickory, oak, beech, birch, hard maple, ash, elm, locust or cherry wood is approximately equal to one ton (2,000 pounds) of anthracite. A cord and a half of soft maple or two cords of cedar, poplar or basewood are required to give the same amount of heat. One cord of well seasoned mixed wood equals at least one ton of average grade bituminous coal