It an hat wood burning a posilble solution to this winters expected oil shortage photo as more popular prices escalate The Yale Log was Just piece of firewood but the ceremony which accompanied It made it special To make all your logs special you need to choose hem care oil and gas prices are soaring and more people are turning to wood burning stoves for some relief As an addendum to this article there is listing of various woods and their efficient in terms of s British Thermal its Old advice is often sound and so it is with some of wood Beech and Chestnut must be aged at in fact all wood for the fire should be aged or season to removed the great quantities of water they con Jain To dry or season your valuable wood keep It off the ground and protect it from rain and snow allowing air move ment all round to speed dry A cord of wood should men sure four feet by eight feet by four feet and the small well in home requires two cords per season with the larger home requiring twice that amount Firewood may be purchased from the advertisers in this newspaper who offer various kinds of wood and one even sells kindling When buying jour supply ask if it is split for the price quoted and what type of wood you will get Another impor tant aspect of purchase is whether or not It will be delivered or how much extra for thai service Wood from old buildings is of poor quality for fires and the low price is often not worth It Some sellers may be offering this typo of wood as regular firewood it generally sold at the construction site In mini mum lots of ten cords or more Prices for hardwood the best type for a good fire range fromJ28 with an additional If you want it delivered and stacked In your garage Prices vary from 28 to picked up and for delivery possibly the wood Is of be ter quality so you must Judge that for yourself For a bright cheery fire use birch but don expect it to last long shy away from elm it often burns cool sec chart and contains much water Rock Elm Is a different species and may be the best of all while the scent of an apple- wood fire can hardly be beat ten What about the manufoctur logs sold In your friendly grocery store They burn well enough and have a multicolor flame Here is the recipe for making them yourself and the savings may the satisfaction of doing It your self Dissolve In plastic pail one ounce of any of the following for colours strontium nitrate red common salt lorange Bismuth nitrate crimson antimony chloride blue bar ium nitrate gree borax green potassium chloride Soak new of tightly rolling them and tying Leave them until they soak up as much solution as passible and Use rubber gloves when hand ling Pile logs loosely in a sunny location with lota of air flow cover to keep and snow off them take several months so start now for next year a Tire Okay how to burn that tree in the most efficient manner To out about the new breed of wood burning and stoves I went to the Hot Bed on Mill Street In Georglown Chris Mllllngton was full of answers to the questions I had and even supplied me with a recent Consumer on wood stoves Girls emphasized that the information Is sup plied with each stove and they will even do an on site to determine the best location for your new stove The stove made in scored high in the Consumer report yet there be a two to four week waiting period The chimney however could be started sooner The cost of the chimney by Including installation will saved in the first two of use If you like the esthetic aspect of a nice fire then leave the doon open and put the screen In place and by careful pine ingof your unit the warm air will be drawn into your regular furn ice through the return air VLnl If the fan is left on continuous running After installing your unit your Insurance company should be notified as a Stan measure and visit the fire department to pick up a fret book on wood burning fireplaces and stoves In this way you will forego some of the potential problems wilh advance knowledge Incorrect installation is the major source of fires In these units and the problem of loo low a temperature while burn the buildup of which is combustible when dry There are products on the market to help this build up and the en dorsement of the Laboratories means they are Chimneysweeps of course ire always handy here in Hal ton and with regular in of the flue etc will not be added to the callouts this alone for chimney fires Wood list with ratings Mmilhon Beech Hawthorne million While Oak Yellow 000 White Ash million White Birch JO0O00 Hemlock Elm 17 mo ooo The above are all re as a dry air eord The Aspens Cottonwood all burn bright hot with little smoke if welldried pick the one you think suits and simply enjoy Microwave cooking is at your finger tips with this beauty Features touch controls for programming meals 3cook functionstime cook temp cook and automatic simmer defrost function and digital countdown Digital clock 4power levels cu ft capacity Easytofollow full color recipe book included 86 Main St Apply directly for grants e will be to the region for grills in 1930 but the exact n of application I as yet to be decided An dment the applications was passed after a lei it week s regto council In vcars many social service agencies both the area inumcipiltty and the region for The amendment wis part of a package approved council seltug in thepossiblh a regional United Way One of the amendments a resolution from the town of Milton which in oily the concept United Way in referred the proct the special conditions the the to the health ai d social services committee for further study Council also approved an amendment referring all requests for grants from to tie health aid social services committee prior to being presented to ll a Imi and CORRECTION In the Radio Shack advertisement this publication on tho French Continental telephone was incorrectly described as having 14K gold filigree It should have read gold plated filigree We apologize for any inconvenience 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