. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. J^s^^^u BULLETIN No; 753 Contribation from the Forest Service. HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester,. ^^^i/e.^ Washington, D. C. March 10,1919 THE USE OF WOOD FOR FUEL. Compiled by the Office of Forest Investigations. CONTENTS. Introduction 1 Wood instead of coal for fuel 2 What to use for wood fuel 6 Supply of fuel wood 8 Producing and marketing wood fuel 9 How to use wood fuel 24 EfBciency of wood fuel 27 Page. Wood fuel for the future 33 Promoting use of wood for fuel 35 Summary 38 Appendix 39 Publications on wood fuel 39 Rece
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. J^s^^^u BULLETIN No; 753 Contribation from the Forest Service. HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester,. ^^^i/e.^ Washington, D. C. March 10,1919 THE USE OF WOOD FOR FUEL. Compiled by the Office of Forest Investigations. CONTENTS. Introduction 1 Wood instead of coal for fuel 2 What to use for wood fuel 6 Supply of fuel wood 8 Producing and marketing wood fuel 9 How to use wood fuel 24 EfBciency of wood fuel 27 Page. Wood fuel for the future 33 Promoting use of wood for fuel 35 Summary 38 Appendix 39 Publications on wood fuel 39 Recent publications on wood fuel 39 Bibliography 40 INTRODUCTION. Wood has always been of considerable importance as fuel in this country, and the present emergency has greatly increased its com- parative value for this purpose. Wood is now being cut for fuel in places where for many years it had practically gone out of use. On farms where coal had become the ordinary fuel and was brought in from great distances while wood suitable for fuel went to waste in the neighborhood, wood is now coming into its own again. It is being more used in churches, schools, and homes, and even in fac- tories. The use of wood for fuel saves transportation, it utilizes wood that would otherwise go to waste, and it releases coal for ships and railroads and munitions plants. Heretofore wood has supplied between 10 and 15 per cent of the total amount of fuel used in the United States. The wide distribution of wood fuel supplies, and the fact that they are so located as to save transportation should, under present conditions, lead to a considerable increase in the proportion of wood in our fuel consumption. The purpose of this bulletin i is to aid in the conservation of the Nation's coal supply and in the full and proper use of our wood > As Is rf;adlly apparent, the material used in this bulletin is largely compiled from many sources. Credit has bef-n given as far as it has seemed practical, but in ma
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