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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February 23. 1917 



Dry Kiln Door Carrier Co, 



Heat 



SAVE :!:™„\k 



Money 



by using the 



Door Carrier System 



THOUSANDS ARE IN USE 



THEY OPERATE PERFECTLY 



on doora of anr stze. on 



OLD OR NEW KILNS 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



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Table of Contents 



J. T. SPICKER, Pres. 



J. RICHMOND DEAN. V-Pres. 



The Dean - Spicker Co* 



Successors to 



THE BLACK LUMBER AND VENEER COMPANY 



Manufacturers of 



MAHOGANY — WALNUT — Q. S. OAK 

 Lumber and Veneers 



22d St. & So. Crawford Ave. CHICAGO 



COVER PICTURE — A Famous Poplar. 



REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 15- 



The Cover Picture 15 



Beyond Human Control 16 



Movement Toward Forestry ^ 16 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



The Lumberman's Round Table 17 



Hardwoods and Softwoods 18-20 



Steel Cars Doomed ? 20 



Passing of the Waterpower Sawmill 20 



Plea for Closer Discrimination 21-22 



Powder Post Beetle Pest 22 



Pertinent Legal Findings 23 



Preparation of Core Stock and Crossbanding 25-26 



Pointers for Veneer Users 28-30 



Letters from a Panel User 30-31 



Good Results from Properly Loading Veneers 31 



To Use or Not to Use Electric Drive 31 



Passing of the V\/ide Flitch 32 



THE MAIL BAG 33- 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS 33-34 



W\rH THE TRADE 34-36 



PERTINENT INFORMATION 36-37 



HARDWOOD NEWS 37-43 



HARDWOOD MARKETS 43-47 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 4* 



HARDWOODS FOR SALE 50-51 



SXTBSCBIPXIOK TEEMS: In tbe United States and Its posseBsioQS. and Canada. 

 $2.00 Uie year; In foreign countriea, $1.00 extra postage. 



In conformity witli tbe rules of tbe postofflce department, sobscrlptlons are 

 payable in advance, and in default of written orders to tbe contrary, are contlnaed 

 at our option. 



Instructions for renewal, discontinuance, or cbange of address, sbonid be sent 

 one weeii before tbo date tbey are to go Into effect. Botb old and aew addresaea 

 must be given. 



Botb display and classified sdvertlsing rates furnished upon application. Adrer- 

 tlslng copy must t>e received five days in advance of publication dates. 



Entered as second-ciaas matter May 26. 1902. at tbe postofflce at Cblcago, lU., 

 under act of Uarcb 3. 1879. 



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Baker-Matthews Lumber G). 



SIKESTON, MISSOURI 



Sales Office: CHICAGO 



I 2 I 6 Fisher Bldg. J. H. Stannard, Mgr. 



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DRY STOCK 



2 £"i"s f-4 No. I Common White Asli 



i Z'"'^ .5 No. I Common Wliite Ash 



? S'"'^ ?"f 's' ^ 2nds White Ash 



3 Cars 12-4 ut & 2n()s White Ash 



3 ^!"^ J-J ;,-■■•.„ Isl i 2nds White Ash 



I Car 12-4 No. I Com. i Btr. Plain White Oal( 



I Car 16-4 No. I Com. & Btr. Plain White Oali 



I Car 12-4 No I Com. i Btr. Plain Red Oak 



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