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["Eugene F. Monaco" <efmonaco@comcast.net>]

A cord is a stack 8 ft long by 4 ft high by 4 ft deep.  In the old days,
when fireplaces were big enough to walk in, cord wood was cut 4 ft in length
and burned in the big fireplaces, hence the term.  Now a days the wood isn't
cut as long; it'll come in varying lengths depending on the wood cutter's
estimate of the stove size he or she is cutting for.
Often you'll get a face cord, which is a stack 4' high by 8' long by
whatever depth the length of one log is.  In the South where I live, they
don't know what a cord is or even a face cord.  They sell wood here by the
Rick.  I don't know the etymology of this word, but as far as I can tell, a
Rick is a hillbilly's rough estimate of a face cord piled in a heap on the
ground.  I tried to buy cords one year and everyone thought I was from...,
well they just called me a damn Yankee.
-Gene

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-----Original Message-----
From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of R Freeman
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:55 AM
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: [permaculture] the hydrogen argument/wood

 
> > A well managed woodlot will yield 1-2 cords of wood per acre per year
> > sustainably,
> 
> I've heard more like 1/2 cord/acre in New England - are you talking


How much is a "cord"? 



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