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5 cars 4/4" 18/23" 

 5 cars 4/4" 24" and up 



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RUSSE & BURGESS, Inc. 



Memphis, Tennessee 



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Table of Contents 



COVER PICTURE: Page 



Clearing Cut-Over Lands with Machinery 



REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 15 



Flood Situation in the South 15 



Relative Demands for Hardwoods, 1913 16 



Clearing Logged-Off Lands 16 



Car Surplus and Shortage January 15 '16 



Expert Advice on Journal Advertising 17 



Lumber Trade in Great Britain 17 



State Rights Again 18 



Forestry in the Philippines 18 



CARTOON: 



Ancient History 19 



AMERICAN FOREST TREES: 



California Laurel 20 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Allowing for Center Rot In Logs 21 



Sap's Relation to Properties of Wood 22 



Timber Recources of Canada 23 



Hardwood Conditions Abroad During 1912 24 



Hardwood for Interior Decoration 26 



New Process for IVIaking Sugar 27 



Qualities of Water-Soaked Wood 28 



Flagstaffs for Railroad Men 29 



Freight Rates and Hardwood Prices 29 



What Is a Fair Profit on Lumber 32 



Distinguishing Between the Gums 33 



Traffic Matters in Memphis Territory 35 



LUMBER ASSOCIATION MEETINGS: 



Annual Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's Association 25 



Annual Chicago Lumbermen's Association 30-31 



Mid-Winter Meeting Michigan Hardwood Mfrs.' Assn 34 



Miscellaneous 36-38 



THE MAIL BAG 36 



NEWS MISCELLANY 36-41 



HARDWOOD NEWS NOTES 42-47 



HARDWOOD MARKET 47-51 



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ICHABOD T. WILLIAMS & SONS 



Foreign and Domestic Woods 

 in Logs, Lumber and Veneers 



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