ne cord equals a stack of wood 4 ft. X 4 ft. X 8 ft. Thousands of products we all use each day come from wood. While different products require different kinds of trees, generally speaking, a cord of wood will yield these quantities of the following products:

• 30 Boston rockers or
• 460,000 personal checks or
• 61,370 No. 10 envelopes or
• 1,200 copies of National Geographic magazine or
• 12 dining room tables that each seat eight people or
• 89,870 sheets of letterhead bond paper or
• 942 one-pound books or
• 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of paper (depending on the process used) or
• 7,500,000 toothpicks or
• 4,384,000 commemorative-size postage stamps or
• the amount of heat equivalent to what is produced by a ton of coal or 200 gallons of fuel oil.

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