Forest Trivia

[ForestFair at aol.com]

A cord of wood (4' x 8' x 4') can produce any of the following :

 - 61,370 standard envelopes
 - 1,200 copies of National Geographic
 - 30 rocking chairs
 - 460,000 personal checks
 - 942 one-pound books
 - 250 copies of the New York Times
 - 7,500,000 toothpicks


Source : North Carolina Forest Stewardship Program
Copied from : The Forest Steward. September/October 1997. The National
Arbor Day Foundation. Pg. 6.

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Note:  I posted this to bionet.agroforestry from AOL 2 days ago but it
seems to have been lost.  I'm using Deja News for the first time to see
if there's a more reliable way.

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