CORRESPONDENCE

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15074, 20 June 1942, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE

WOOD MEASUREMENT. * Views expressed by correspondents Ui this column are not necessarily endorsed by the “Herald.”) To the Editor. Sir, —Surely it is time that our Standards Institute formulated a more reasonable measure for wood than the cord. Only the few who are experienced in dealing with firewood can tell by inspection whether or not their cord is full value. The majority of us—even supposing we know the measurements of a cord—get our wood in cut up form, and if we suspect short measure have to go through the tedious business of stacking up a heap 4ft. wide 4ft high and Bft. long to prove it. When we buy fruit or groceries wo can see at a glance whether we are getting our money’s worth. Surely some sirnpl© measure could be devised for wood so that the customer could check his purchase. One gentleman recently attempted to make capital out of this difficulty erf measuring. He delivered a ‘‘cord” of wood—cut up. Even to the inexperienced ey© this looked smaller than a cord Stacking and measuring proved the cord to b© Bft by 4ft by 2ft. Half a cord! No wonder we need a simpler measure!—Yours, etc., “DISGUSTED.”

(A cord of 4ft length wood when cut into smaller lengths will not make a full cord measurement by an appreciable amount.—Ed.)