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The Mail Bag 



Any reader of HARDWOOD RECORD desiring to communicate 

 with any of tlie inquirers listed in this section can have the ad- 

 dresses on written request to the Mail Bag Department, HARD- 

 WOOD RECORD, 537 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, and referring 

 to the number at the head of each letter and enclosing a self- 

 addressed stamped envelope. 



B 482 — Wants Information About Hickory Borers 

 Moreauville, La., June 12, 1913. — Editor Hardwood IIecord : Will vou 

 pltase advise us iiow the pin-worm originates? This worm has caused 

 great damage to our lumber, and for this reason we would like to know 

 if they como into existence by the fly. If you know of any method used 

 to prevent them, we would appreciate your giving us the formula. Thank- 

 ing you in advance for this information, we are 



Tbe writers of the above letter have been advised that the pin-worm 

 of which thev speak as injuring their lumber is probably what is 

 <?alled the powder post beetle. If such is the case, it is particularly 

 destructive to seasoned hickorj-, though it works in other dry woods. 

 There are several kinds of these insects, but they work in much the 

 same way. Their presence is usually first detected by white dust fall- 

 ing from the wood. Some of the insects are very small. While work- 

 ing in the wood they look like worms, but they are the larval stage 

 of beetles and they finallv grow wings and legs and take flight. They 

 develop from eggs deposited in very small holes in the surface of the 

 ■wood, and soon after hatching the larvae begin to bore. In the case 

 of hickory stock, a liberal sprinkling with oil has done much to keep 

 the egg-laying beetles away. When the larvse hatch inside the wood 

 and begin boring very little can be done as far as infested pieces are 

 concerned, but such pieces should be removed and, if useless, should 

 he destroyed with their broods of larvs. — Editor. 



B 483 — Seeks Cottonwood Dimension 



Hardtvood Record is in receipt of a list of sizes of 4/4 cottonwood 

 •dimension from an important St. Louis re-manufacturing house. The 

 requisition calls for three cars per month, and the lengths range up 

 to 72" long, and widths from 8" up. The stock must be thor- 

 •oughly kiln- dried, and worked up to proper widths on Linderman 

 •dovetail glue jointer, and it is, to be surfaced two sides to 13/16". 



Anyone interested in the list of sizes can have them on application, 

 "by referring to B 483. — Editor. 



B 484 — Seeks Birch, Chestnut, Basswood and Oak 



Hardwood Kecord is in receipt of a purchaser's requisition from an 

 important Pennsylvania rcmanufacturer calling for a considerable 

 ■quantity of red birch, chestnut, basswood, plain red oak and poplar of 

 firsts and seconds and Xo. 1 common grades, ranging from 4/4 to 16/4 

 in thickness. Anyone interested in the inquiry can have the list on 

 application, by referring to B 484. — Editor. 



B 485— Log Scale for Small Logs 



Morehouse, Mo., June .">. — Editor Hjkdwood Kecoiih : Recently there 

 has come up with us a little question in regard to the measurement of 

 very small timber with the L>oyle-Scribner rule. Of course, it means 

 Doyle for the smaller sizes. What we wish you to advise us, if you can, 

 is the basis of Doyle rule for logs smaller than 9 inches. 



The writer of the above letter has been advised that the Doyle rule 

 •does not contemplate scaling logs less than 9" in diameter, and that 

 ■small logs in bolt form supplied to handle and spoke factories are 

 usually sold on the basis of cord measure. 



If anyone is familiar with a scale which wiU accurately measure 

 ■6" to 9" timber, Hardwood Eecord will be very glad to receive it. — 

 Editor. 



B 486 — Wants Prices for Dimension 

 Easton, Pa., June 12. — Editor Hardwood Record : Can you tell us 

 the market price paid for standard dimension ash and oak : prices of 

 walnut gunstocks .md for wagon tongues? If you cannot furnish this 

 information, w'e will be pleased to receive information as to where we 

 can procure it. 



facturers who probably will supply the information asked for. — 

 Editor. 



B 487 — Seeks Beech Lumber 



Cincinnati, 0., June 12.— Editor Hardwood Record: We are desirous 

 of securing a quantity of 4/4 and S/4 beech. Will you be kind enough to 

 give us the addresses of any mills where this lumber can be secured? 



Lumber Compaxt. 



To the writer of the above inquiry a list of mills manufacturing 

 beech in the North has been supplied. Any others interested in the 

 inquiry can have the address on application. — Editor. 



B 488— Seeks Sources of Supply for Handles and Hickory and 

 Persimmon Dimension 

 nirminghnm. England. June 4, — Editor H.ardwood Record: We are 

 buyers of all kinds of ash. hickory and basswood handles, sawn hickory, 

 persimmon, etc. ^Will you kindly put us in touch with concerns producing 

 these lines of goods? 



The above inquirer has been supplied with a list of manufacturers 

 of all varieties of handles, and a short list of hickory dimension and 

 persimmon producers. Any others interested can have the address on 

 application. — Editor. 



B 489 — Seeks Dimension Stock 



Eastwood, X. T., June 1.3. — Editor Hardwood Record : We have spent 

 some time in trying to learn the different sources of supply for dimension 

 stock, and up to the present time we have been unsuccessful. We have 

 been informed that if we would address you on the subject, you could no 

 doubt be of considerable assistance in giving us the names of manufac- 

 turers of this material. 



JLiNUFACTUBIXG COMPAST. 



The above inquiry is from a leading wholesale manufacturing con- 

 sumer and has been supplied with a brief list of dimension material 

 manufacturers. Any others interested can have the address on appli- 

 cation. — Editor. 



B 490 — Seeks Machine for Grinding Sawdust 



Philadelphia. Pa., June 14. — Editor Hardwood Record : Beg leave to 

 ask if you can give us the addresses of manufacturers of machines for 

 regrinding sawd.jst such as is used in the manufacture of floor sweeping 

 compounds. 



Hardwood Eecord is unable to supply the information asked for in 

 the foregoing letter. Anyone knowing the name and address of a 

 manufacturer of the machine referred to will kindly communicate it. — 

 Editor. 



B 491 — Seeks Thin Panel and Table Top Stock 



Binghamton, X. Y.. June 4. — Editor Hardwood Record : We are in the 

 market for some thin panels and table top stock. 'JVill you kindly send 

 us the addresses of some manufacturers in this line of business? 



Company. 



The above inquiry is from a high-class furniture manufacturing 

 house. Anyone interested in the inquiry can have the address on 

 application. — Editor. 



B 492 — Further Information About Imported Black Oak 



In the issue of May 25 Hardwood Record the following letter ap- 

 peared in the Mail Bag section : 



London, E. C, May 9. — Editor Hardwood Record: The object of our 

 letter is to inquire whether you would be good enough to furnish us with 

 the addresses of firms who are in a position to act as agents for the 

 sale of black oak. The class of oak we are offering on account of ship- 

 pers is in Europe very highly valued, and we should therefore be glad to 

 have an idea of the possible price to be obtained on your markets. 



Our friends propose consigning a quantity of logs to your market, in 

 ciew of which we should be obliged if you could tell us the best port for 

 this consignment and charges that may be incurred in handling a shipment 

 as suggested. 



We are forwarding to you. this mail, a small sample of the oak for 

 the purpose of showing the color, and furnishing you with an idea as to 

 the class of oak our friends have for dispasal. 



We trust our queries have not encroached too much upon your courtesy, 

 and permit us to express our thanks in advance. 



The above inquirer has been advised that it is impossible to make 

 quotations on dimension stock owing to the great variation in prices 

 ".being obtained for it. He has been given the names of sundrv manu- 



The opinion was expressed by Hardwood Eecord that the wood had 

 oeen artificially filled with some dark substance. Further information 

 from the exporter, however, clears up the matter. The wood is oak, 

 apparently Austrian oak (Quercus roJitir) and comes from Russia, 

 where it is procured from the bottom of a river. Entire trees were 

 submerged, probably many centuries ago, and have lain out of reach 

 of air and of course immune to decay. The dark color is due to nat- 

 ural causes. Doubtless the river water and the iron in solution acted 



