Firewood: How to Obtain, Measure, Season, and Burn
http://agweb.okstate.edu/pearl/forestry/heating/f-9440.pdf
This fact sheet discusses the acquisitionof firewood and the characteristics of different woods, along with the precautions that should be taken to properly burn wood in homes.
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Gathering, Preparing, and Storing Firewood
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR016
When gathering firewood for your own use you may be faced with several options. Trees may be felled and bucked (cut into pieces that fit your fireplace) already, so that all you would need to do is haul, split, and stack. In other cases, you may need to do your own limbing and bucking, or perhaps even fell your own trees.
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Cutting Firewood Safely
http://agweb.okstate.edu/pearl/forestry/heating/f-9431.pdf
Cutting your own firewood can be a very worthwhile and rewarding experience if done properly. However, if it is done improperly without regard to safe cutting techniques, serious injury or death can result.
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Firewood for Home Heating
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/forestry/420-003/420-003.html
The comfort of a wood fire on a cold night; the feeling of self-reliance that comes with cutting, splitting, and stacking a cord of wood; and a reduced conventional fuel bill have all been experienced by thousands of Virginia wood burners.
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Heating Your Home With Wood
http://agweb.okstate.edu/pearl/forestry/heating/f-9441.pdf
This publication discusses the suitability of wood for residential heating, the types of heating units available and some othe the factors which must be considered to heat a home effectively with wood.
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How to Buy and Sell Cordwood
http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/forestry/g05452.htm
James Pastoret
School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri-Columbia
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One of the first questions "wood burners" ask about wood is "How much per cord?" Price is important, but just as important is agreement on a standard way to measure and transfer the wood. Both the buyer and seller must agree and understand the procedure.
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Managing your Forest Landscape for Firewood
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR017
Management of a small woodlot is not that different from managing large tracts of land. The key to management is knowing how to inventory the initial volume and how to calculate the amount of product, in this case firewood, that is accumulating in the stand.
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Managing Your Woodlot for Firewood
http://agweb.okstate.edu/pearl/forestry/heating/f-9439.pdf
With the growing popularity and economic benefits of using wood as a partial or total energy source, harvesting and gathering fuelwood has become a way of life for many.
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Overview of Wood-Fired Boiler Use in West Virginia
http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/infores/pubs/other/fact16.pdf
The objective of this fact sheet is to provide an overview of the amount of wood residue used for fuel in wood-fired boilers and of changes in the use of wood residue for process heat and steam generation between 1992 and 1997.
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PRODUCING FIREWOOD FROM YOUR WOODLOT
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/woodland/won-14.html
Learn how you might manage a small woodlot for firewood production.
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