THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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2 inches of bright sap will l>e allowed; 

 13, 1-t and l."> inches wide 2 inches of 

 bright sap will be allowed or one standard 

 defect. At 16 inches and over in width :i 

 Inches of bright sap will be allowed, or 

 two standard defects, or their equivalent. 

 Seconds must be 8 inches and over wide. 

 Pieces S and inches w-ide will admit of 



I inch of bright sap. but no defect; 10, 



II and 12 inches wide will admit of 3 

 inches of bright sap and one standard de- 

 feet; 13 inches and over wide will admit 

 of 5 inches of bright sap and one stand- 

 ard defect, or two standard defects, or 

 their equivalent, if tliere is no sap. 



Three-eighths, %, % and % inch firsts 

 and seconds shall be 8 inches and over 

 wide, and contain not less than two-thirds 

 of firsts. 



Common shall be 8 to 16 feet long. 



Comjnon must be 5 inches and over 

 wide, and will allow of bright or slightl.v 

 discolored sap and defects beyond those 

 described in seconds. Two unsoimd stand- 

 ard defects ^nll be allowed in this gi'ade 

 if over 12 inches wide, and sti-aight splits 

 shall not be considered a defect, otherwise 

 lumber must be sound. 



Common pieces 5 inches and over wide, 

 8 and 10 feet long, must work two-thirds 

 eleai' in not over two pieces. Pieces 5 

 inches and over Wide, 12 to 16 feet long, 

 must work tm-o-thirds clear in not over 

 three pieces. 



No piece of cutting in common allowed 

 less than 3 inches wide, and 3 feet long. 

 Eliminate old ruling on cull and insert "6, 



8 and 10 feet in length must work .50 per 

 cent sound in not over three cuttings; 12 

 feet and over long must work 50 per cent 

 of sound in not over four pieces. No piece 

 of cutting allowed which is less than 3 

 inelies wide and 2 feet long." 



POPLAR STRIPS. 



Poplar strips must be 4, 5, 6 and 7 inches 

 wide, and known as clear and second clear. 

 Clear must be free from all defects, ex- 

 cepting 1 inch bright sap allowed on 7-inch 

 stJ"ips. 



Strips shall be measured so they -will 

 diy out full width when seasoned. 



RED GUM. 



Under section "Gum," change caption to 

 "Red Gum." 



After thicknesses add "Sap shall not be 

 admitted on one face of firsts and sec- 

 onds." Seconds are 6 inches and over 

 wide, 10 to 16 feet long. Pieces 6 and 7 

 inches wide must be clear. Pieces 8 and 



9 Inches wide may have one standard de- 

 fect. Pieces 10 to 12 inches wide ma.v 

 have two standard defects, or their 

 equivalent, but not over 1 inch bright sap 

 allowed. Pieces 13 inches and over wide 

 may have three standard defects, or their 

 equivalent, but not over 2 inches bnight 

 sap allowed. 



CYPRESS. 



Adopt the rules of the Clypress Associa- 

 tion, as now in force, on rough lumber 

 only. 



YEiLLOW PINE. 



Adopt the rules of the Yellow Pine Asso- 

 ciation as now in force on rough lumber 

 only. 



The above rules were then taken up, sec- 

 tion by section. Most of the recommenda- 

 tions of the committee were accepted with- 

 out discussion. The first paragraph in the 

 report, refeiriug to the fraction question, 

 was attended to by Messrs. Farrin, Eas- 

 kette and Threlkeld, favoring that the di- 

 vision should be made on the half inch. 



Revision of Rules Committee. 



J. M. PRITCHARD. TIIEO. FATHADER. rh:iirm.in. G. VOX PLATEN. 



J. WATT GRAHAM. 



W. S. DARNELL. 



D. F. CLARK. 



B. F. McMillan. 



Messrs. Russe, Thompson and Do.dds sup- 

 ported the report of committee, and on a 

 rising vote the majority were in favor of 

 dividing at the %-ineh station. 



The sap question on plain oak oronght 

 out considerable discussion, but when it 

 was explained by Messrs. Fathauer and 

 Pritchard of the committee that the re- 

 duction of the amount of sap allowed in 

 the first and second gi-ade was more than 

 compensated for in the suceeediii.i;' para- 

 graph, the recommendation was accepted 

 with but little dissent. 



The recommendation of the committee 

 in the rule on cottouwood, which practi- 



THEO. PLUMMER. 



cally restored the 8-inch and up width in 

 firsts and seconds, was refused, and the 

 rules as adopted at Chicago last year were 

 allowed to stand. In the debate Messrs. 

 Russe and Bennett contended foi- 8-incn 

 and up in firsts and seconds, Mr. Russe 

 explaining that the matter was of small 

 moment to the manufacturer, particularly 

 in view of the fact that the committee had 

 included a' specification for strips; that hi.s 

 ti-ade demanded 8-inch and up and forced 

 him, as the rules now stood, to make a 

 separate contract on all the cottonwood 

 his firm bought. Messrs. Sondheimer and 

 Smith held out for 6-inch and up, and the 



