How to determine seasoning degrade losses in sawmill lumberyards

Donald G. Cuppett

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How to determine seasoning degrade losses in sawmill lumberyards

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Donald G. Cuppett

Year:

1965

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-32. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-7

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Abstract

Sawmill operators generally recognize the problem of defects due to air-drying hardwood lumber, but they often fail to realize how much these seasoning losses cost in money, time, and wasted lumber.

Citation

Cuppett, Donald G. 1965. How to determine seasoning degrade losses in sawmill lumberyards. Research Note NE-32. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-7