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Weights and Measures: Wood

WOOD, LUMBER AND BOARD MEASURE Measurement of Wood and Lumber.-Among the most frequent applications of cubic or capacity meas- "A Cord-Foot is One-eight of this Pile." ure is the measurement of cord wood for fuel and of round timber or sawed lumber for building and other purposes.

Wood is usually cut for fuel into 4 feet sticks. A cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. It contains 128 cubic feet. A cord-foot is of this pile or a pile of wood 4 feet long, 4 feet high, and 1 foot wide.

To obtain the number of cords in a pile of wood, multiply the length of the wood by the height of the pile expressed in feet and that result by the length of the pile in feet. Divide the product by 128 and the quotient will be the number of cords.