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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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COVER PICTURE: Page 



Log Slide Used in Eastern Mountain Operations 

 REVIEW AND OUTLOOK; 



General Market Conditions 17 



The Hardwood Situation — Past and Present 17 



On Oak Grading 18 



The Consignment Evil 18 



Cover Picture 18 



Policy of Hardwood Record 19 



Northern Cut and Shipments for 1912 19 



Coming Meetings 20 



To Check Forest Fires 20 



CARTOON: 



Hardwoods 21 



AMERICAN FOREST TREES: 



Madrona 22 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Modern Cruising Valuable in Logging 2i 



Odd Use for Wood Toothpicks 2a 



Wood Industries of New Hampshire 24 



Experimental Kiln -Drying 25^ 



Progress of Forestry 2S 



Oak of Size and Character 26. 



Impressions of a Tenderfoot 27 



1911 Lumber Cut by States 2a 



Lumber and Shipbuilding in Scotland 29 



Passing of the Country Mill 30 



U. S. Forester's Annual Report 31 



Selling Lumber Mechanically 32 



A New Mexican Hardwood 33 



The Weight of Wood 34 



New Wood for Gunstocks ' 3& 



THE MAIL BAG 36 



NEWS MISCELLANY 36 



HARDWOOD NEWS NOTES 41 



HARDWOOD MARKET 46 



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