WATER IN WOOD Distribution of Water in Wood--Seasonal Distribution of Water in Wood--Composition of Sap--Effects of Moisture on Wood--The Fibre-Saturation Point in Wood 114-118 SECTION VII WHAT SEASONING IS What Seasoning Is--Difference Between Seasoned and Unseasoned Wood--Manner of Evaporation of Water--Absorption of Water by Dry Wood--Rapidity of Evaporation--Physical Properties that Influence Drying 119-127 SECTION VIII ADVANTAGES OF SEASONING Advantages of Seasoning--Prevention of Checking and Splitting--Shrinkage of Wood--Expansion of Wood--Elimination of Stain and Mildew 128-137 SECTION IX DIFFICULTIES OF DRYING WOOD Difficulties of Drying Wood--Changes Rendering Drying Difficult--Losses Due to Improper Kiln-drying--Properties of Wood that Effect Drying--Unsolved Problems in Kiln-drying 138-144 SECTION X HOW WOOD IS SEASONED Methods of Drying--Drying at Atmospheric Pressure--Drying Under Pressure and Vacuum--Impregnation Methods--Preliminary Treatments--Out-of-door Seasoning 145-155 SECTION XI KILN-DRYING OF WOOD Advantages of Kiln-drying over Air Drying--Physical Conditions Governing the Drying of Wood--Theory of Kiln-drying--Requirements in a Satisfactory Dry Kiln--Kiln-drying--Remarks--Underlying Principles--Objects of Kiln-drying--Conditions of Success--Different Treatments According to Kind--Temperature Depends--Air Circulation--Humidity--Kiln-drying--Pounds of Water Lost in Drying 100 Pounds of Green Wood in the Kiln--Kiln-drying Gum--Preliminary Steaming--Final Steaming--Kiln-drying of Green Red Gum 156-184 SECTION XII TYPES OF DRY KILNS Different types of Dry Kilns--The "Blower" or "Hot Blast" Dry Kiln--Operating the "Blower" or "Hot Blast" Dry Kiln--The "Pipe" or "Moist-Air" Dry Kiln--Operating the "Pipe" or "Moist-Air" Dry Kiln--Choice of Drying Method--Kilns of Different Types--The "Progressive" Dry Kiln--The "Apartment" Dry Kiln--The "Pocket" Dry Kiln--The "Tower" Dry Kiln--The "Box" Dry Kiln 185-205 SECTION XIII DRY KILN SPECIALTIES