This section is from the book "Bepler's Handy Manual of Knowledge And Useful Infomation", by David Bepler. Also available from Amazon: Bepler's Handy Manual of Knowledge and Useful Information.
The following table shows the comparative value of firewoods for fuel in a seasoned state, or when burnt to charcoal. Shellbark Hickory being taken at 100 as the standard.
Name | Value | |
American Chestnut | . 52 ..................... | ..2,333 |
American Holly......... | . 57 ..................... | ..2,091 |
American Hornbeam | , 65 ..................... | ..3,218 |
Apple | . 70 ..................... | ..3,115 |
Baren Oak | . 66 | ..3,102 |
Barren Scrub Oak....... | . 73 ..................... | ..3,339 |
Black Birch........... | . 63..................... | ..3,115 |
Black Walnut........... | . 65 | . ..3,044 |
Butternut.............. | . 51 ..................... | ...2,534 |
Chestnut White Oak..... | 86 | 3,955 |
Godwood | 75 | ..3,043 |
Hard Maple............. | 60 ..................... | ..2,878 |
Jersey Pine | 48 ..................... | ..2,137 |
Large Magnolia | 50 ..................... | ..2,704 |
Mountain Laurel | . 66 | . .2,963 |
Pignut Hickory | 95 ..................... | . .4,241 |
Pine Oak | 71 | 3,339 |
Pitch Pine............... | 43 ..................... | .. 1,900 |
Post Oak................ | 74 ..................... | . .3,464 |
Persimmon | 69 ..................... | ..3,178 |
Red Oak................. | , 69 | ..3,254 |
Rock Chestnut Oak | 56 ..................... | ...2,525 |
Service-tree or shade-bush | 61 ..................... | . .3,030 |
Service-tree or shade-bush. | . 84 ..................... | ..3,964 |
Scrub Black Oak | . 71 ..................... | . .3,254 |
Sassafras | 59 ................... | . .2,762 |
Shellbark Hickory | ,100 .'.................... | . .4,469 |
Soft Maple | 54 ..................... | ..2,008 |
Sour-gum | .67 | ..3,142 |
Spanish Oak | 52 ........................ | . .2,449 |
Swamp Whortleberry | 73 | 3,361 |
Sweet-gum | 57 ..................... | . .2,834 |
Sycamore | 52 ..................... | ..2,391 |
Western Hickory | 81..................... | 3,705 |
White Beech | 65 ..................... | ..3,236 |
White Birch | 48 ..................... | ..2,369 |
White Elm............. | 58 ..................... | ..2,592 |
White Ash............... | 77.................... | 3,450 |
White Oak............... | 81 ..................... | ..3,821 |
White Pine.............. | 42 ..................... | ..1,868 |
Witch Hazel............. | 72 ..................... | ..3,505 |
Wild Cherry.............. | 55 ..................... | ..2,668 |
Yellow Oak.............. | 60 ..................... | ..2,919 |
Yellow Pine, soft | 54 .......;............. | . .2,463 |
Yellow Poplar | 52 ..................... | ..2,516 |
 
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