Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1919 — Wood and Coal. [ARTICLE]

Wood and Coal.

Investigations by the agricultural department show that* one standard cord of well seasoned hickpry, 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 basswood are 1 required to give the same amount of heat. One cord of well seasoned mixed wood equals at least one ton cf, average grade bituminous coal.