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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Felu-uary 10, 1917 



First Band Mill erected by Hoff- 

 man Brothers in 1869 on our present 

 site. Half a century experience be- 



hind our goods. 



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EADQUARTERS 



OOSIER 



ARDWOODS ;•:;;.«" 



Hoffman Bros. Company 



FORT WAYNE, IND. 



Established 1867 Incorporated 1904 



W anted 



CUSTOM WORK 

 CHICAGO MILL 



Modern Band Mill, Slicers, 

 Veneer Saws 



Best of Equipment Exceptional Facilities 



Address — Service, care Hardwood Record 



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Dry Kiln Door Carrier Co. 



SAVE 



Heat 

 Time 

 Troublt 

 Money 



Carrier Ready to Lift Ooor 



by uslnc the 



Door Carrier System 



THOUSANDS ARE IN USB 



THEY OPERATE PERFECTLY 



on doors of any size, on 



OLD OR NEW KILNS 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



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Table of Contents 



REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 13 



Open Competition 13 



Beginning at Jerusalem 14 



Poisoning the Food Supply 14 



Exploiting the White Ant 14 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Elasticity of Wood 15-17 



Siding from Bill Stuff 17 



Hither and Yon 28-31 



Paneling That Makes Good 33-34 



Avoid Lumpy Surfaces on Core Stock 34 



Letters from a Panel User 36 



Canoes Made from Single Molded Panel 37 



Care of Veneer Saws 38 



A Protest Against Stains 38 



Prices on Common Logs 39 



The Profit Side of Veneering 39 



Pertinent Legal Findings 41 



Mill Scale Study of Maple 41a-41f 



Pertinent Convention Quotations 41f 



THE MAIL BAG '. 42 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: 



Hardwood Manufacturers' Annual. 

 Hemlock and Hardwood Men Meet. 

 Miscellaneous 



WITH THE TRADE 



HARDWOOD NEWS 



HARDWOOD MARKETS 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS... 



HARDWOOD FOR SALE 



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 41g-41h 

 42-43 

 43-44 

 44-50 

 50-55 

 57 

 58-59 



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In conformity with tbe rules of tbe poatofflce department. BubscrlptloDB are 

 payable to advance, and in default of written orders to tbe eontrarj, are continued 

 at our option. 



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 one week before tbtj date tbey are to go Into effect. Botb old and new addreaaea 

 must be given. 



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 tlslng copy must be received five days In advance of publication dates. 



Entered as second-claan matter May 26. 1902. at tbe postodlce at Oblcago. 111.. 

 Ii-r nit ,.t Marcli ,•'., IS79. 



Baker-Matthews Lumber Co. 



SIKESTON. MISSOURI 



Sales Office: CHICAGO 



1216 Fisher Bldg. J. H. Stannard, Mgr. 

 Phone: Harrison 1112 



A sales organization of practical lumbermen, familiar 

 with the cutting, seasoning and grading of southern 

 hardwoods. A sales organization that has made a close. 

 first-hand study of the problems the consumer has to 

 meet — hence, able to render you a double service. 

 We have made specialties of Red Gum and Plain Oak. 



Buy lumber from men who know lumbe 



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