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other woods having pungent odors are black 

 "U'alniit cedar and Douglas fir, while some with 

 *i lesser odor are Cottonwood, basswood, oak, 

 ash. elm and even hickory. All may be known 

 by their odor, hut cannot l»e described in words 

 in order that the woods may be thus distinguish- 

 al)le. So far as verbal description is concerned 

 there is no common wood, with the possible ex- 

 ceptions of bird's-eye maple and quarter-sawed 

 ■oak. a description of which would not fit some 

 •other equally as well. 



One invites error in depending upon the color 

 of wood alone as a distinguishing mark, unless 

 a fresh cut is made deep enough to get under 

 the effect of the persistent action of the sun's 

 rays. The indirect rays of the sun will change 

 the color of a piece of lumber in time as com- 

 pletely as if it had lain directly in the sunshine. 

 Although the change in some woods is slight 

 and amounts to little more than weathering, in 

 <i|hers the process is comparatively rapid and 

 results somewhat unexpected. 



A piece of bright yellow poplar of a greenish 

 tinge with an edge of white sap will turn as 

 hrown as a cypress board after three months' 

 exposure and the white sap will be as brown as 

 the darker heart. Exposure will also darken 

 mahogany and walnut. Rod gum when exposed 

 loses its lavender tinge and becomes a lusterless 

 III own. 



In describing red gum. the chief characteris- 

 tics named would be mild purple, pink and brown 

 with modified streaks of black running through 

 it in fantastic figure. The same thing, however, 

 is sometimes met with in yellow poplar. One 

 can find gum boards, though,' which have no 

 figure, but which are colored very much the 

 same as poplar which has been exposed to the 

 light for a short time. It is diflicult to describe 

 ti.pelo gum, Cottonwood or basswood so that one 

 description will not be mistaken for either of the 

 others. In describing the difference between red 

 and white oak, the texture and appearance of 

 the grain, the open pores and the look of the end 

 of the pieces have more to do with determining 

 the class than the color alone. 



It is commonly known that oak has a charac- 

 teristic color when it is wet or green, but very 

 little when well seasoned, which accounts for 

 seme of the mistakes made by woodworkers of 

 taking oak out of the drykiln and testing its con- 

 dition by the odor, thinking it is dry enough to 

 work when in reality there is but a portion of 

 the outside parts dry enough to prevent the 

 sap on the inside from reaching nostrils of the 

 workman. 



Destruction of Timber by Pests 



At a recent lecture delivered by a famous 

 Scotchman at the University of Edinburg. it 

 was claimed that the timber loss in the United 

 States caused by insects and fungi, each year 

 represented a sum of money greater than 

 the cost of a year's up-keep of the army and 

 navy, and over a ten years' period the amount 

 of timber killed and reduced in value in America 

 by insects represented an average loss of ,$62,- 

 500.000 each year. 



showing that the improvement has been steady 

 and uniform. The value of manufactured lum- 

 ber exported in January. 1011. increased ¥120.- 

 000 over the value of the same products ex- 

 ported in 1910. The increase for tlie seven 

 months' period ending with January amounted 

 to .f.j.OOOOOO. 



On the other hand, the figures given for im- 

 ports of forest products showed that in Jan- 

 uary, 1911, these commodities to the value of 

 $.3,500,000 were shipped into this country. This 

 is but a slight increase over 1910 figures. It 

 is interesting to note that the imports of woods 

 products in Canada showed a noticeable de- 

 crease from 1910 to 1911. while the woods prod- 

 ucts exported from this country to the Dominion 

 almost doubled. This is particularly true of 

 nmnufactured lumber. 



January Export Encouraging 

 The monthly government report covering the 

 total exports and imports of this country shows 

 a visible balance of trade of approximately $07.- 

 000,000 in favor of the United States. Of 

 course a goodly percentage of this apparent 

 farorable balance is offset by such contributions 

 on the part of this country as the yearly dona- 

 tion by foreign tourists, sums paid for transpor- 

 tation of goods in foreign ships, etc. But the 

 result nevertheless is decidedly encouraging, as 

 compared with figures for 1910. 



As the figures apply to wood and manufactures 

 of wood, the export for January. 1911, was ap- 

 proximately $1,000,000 greater than the foreign 

 shipments for January, 1910. While for the 

 seven months' period ending with January, 

 1911, the increase was more than $8,000,000, 



Miscellaneous Notes 

 The Smith & N'ixon I'iano Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of Cincinnati, O., has been succeeded by 

 the Knabe Brothers Company. 



The Combination Furniture Company was re- 

 cently incorporated at Nashville, Tenn,. with an 

 authorized capital stock of $15,000. 



The Auto Body & Specialty Company of 

 Flint, Mich., was recently incorporated with an 

 authorized capitalization of $15,000. 



The Mount Calvary Lumber Company of 

 Mount Calvary, Wis., was recently incorporated 

 with an authorized capitalization of $10,000. 



A new concern to enter the trade at Roches- 

 ter, N. y., is the Valley Creek Lumber Company, 

 which has an authorized capital stock of 

 $30,000. 



A new concern to enter the trade at Dallas, 

 Tex., is the Hansen Woodworking Company, 

 which was recently incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $12,000. 



The Bell-Deal Lumber Company was recently 

 incorporated at Buhl, Tuscaloosa county, Ala., 

 with a capital stock of $30,000. The incor- 

 porators are A. E. Bell, W. W. Deal and S. E. 

 Deal. 



The Mitchell Brothers Company of Jennings, 

 Mich., has resumed operations at its flooring 

 mill. New machinery has been added which 

 will increase the capacity of the mill one- 

 fourth. 



The Cherry Lumber Company and James L. 

 Broadfoot & Co. have consolidated their inter- 

 ests at Elkins, W. Va., and hereafter the mill 

 of the Broadfoot people will be run by the 

 Cherry Lumber Company. 



The E. H. Dodge Lumber Company was recently 

 incorporated at Portland, Ore., with a capital 

 stock of $35,000 for the purpose of manufactur- 

 ing lumber. The incorporators are E. II. Dodge, 

 n. J. Babcock and H. H. Parker. 



The Hines Buggy Company of Boykins, Ya., 

 was recently organized to establish a buggy 

 factory. W. W. White is president of the new 

 company, R. H. Powell, vice-president, and C. 

 T. Beaton is secretary and treasurer. 



The Waterford Lumber Company, domiciled 

 at Boyce, Miss., was recently incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $30,000. The incorporators 

 are C. H. Poythress and J. A. McCain of Merid- 

 ian, Miss., and J. S. Gray of Boyce. 



The Kentucky River Poplar Company, which 

 suspended operations over a year ago as the 

 result of financial difficulties, is now being re- 

 organized by James Masters and W. J. Roberts. 

 The sawmill plant will be operated by them at 

 Valley View. Ky. 



The Fond du Lac Church Furnishing Com- 

 pany of Fond du Lac, Wis., has recently in- 

 creased its capital stock from $50,000 to $100,- 

 000. This step was. taken in order to provide 

 additional working capital to take care of its 

 rapidly increasing business. 



Fire recently destroyed the plant of the Lam- 

 bert Furniture Company of Thomasville, N. C, 

 causing a loss estimated at $40,000, with in- 

 surance of about $8,000. The origin of the 

 fire is unknown. Nearly one hundred people 

 were thrown out of employment. 



A new concern for Atoka, Okla., is the Na- 

 tional Lumber & Jlanufaeturing Company, which 

 was recently incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $10,000. The directors of the new company 

 are J. M. Humpliries, W. Bassell, James H. 

 Ganert, I. Q. Jones and F. E. Adams. 



A new concern to enter the trade at Rock- 

 ford, 111., for the purpose of manufacturing and 

 dealing in furniture is the Rockford Light Fur- 

 niture Company, capitalized at $15,000. The 

 incorporators of the new company are Frank O. 

 Lind. William I'erson and C. A. Abramson. 



The factory which was formerly run «t 

 Knoxville, Tenn., under the name of the Murphy- 

 Jacks Cabinet Company, manufacturer of fur- 

 niture and mantels, is now known as the Amer- 

 ican Mantel Manufacturing Company. George 

 Gaut is the leading spirit in this enterprise. 



The Ward Manufacturing Company of St. 

 Louis, Mo., has recently been organized to 

 manufacture kitchen cabinets. Its plant has a 

 daily capacity of twelve cabinets. The oflicers 

 of the new company are W. E. Ward, president 

 and manager ; John D. Moore, secretary ; Jack- 

 son Guthrie, treasurer. 



Edward Poor, a well-known hardwood manu- 

 facturer of Stoneville. Miss., was recently killed 

 at his sawmill by a young negro. Mr. Poor had 

 been talking to the negro about an account 

 and when he turned to go to his office the negro 

 attacked him with a knife. Mr. Poor was well 

 known in the New Orleans district. 



The Ohio Valley Tie Company of Louisville, 

 Ky., has sold its timber holdings at Jackson, Ky., 

 to I. W. Ford and George E. Tomlinson of 

 Winchester, Ky. They have organized the Re- 

 liance Manufacturing Company, which will make 

 a specialty of manufacturing ties in large quan- 

 tities for railroads in that section of the country. 



A new incorporation for Dallas, Tex., is the 

 Dorsey Company, which is capitalized at $1,000,- 

 000. The new company will manufacture bank 

 and office fixtures, furniture, filing devices, etc. 

 The officers of the Dorsey Company are James 

 A. Dorsey, president ; Harry Dorsey, vice-presi- 

 dent ; J. B. Adoue, treasurer, and H. S. Simpson, 

 secretary. 



The Barry Lumber & Tie Company of Clarks- 

 ville. Red River county, Texas, was recently 

 incorporated with a capital stock of $40,000, 

 $27,000 of which is fully paid in. The incor- 

 porators of the new concern are John E. Barry, 

 ISO shares ; C. O. Bollman, 140 shares : J. D. 

 Barry, 80 shares. The company will do a lum- 

 ber and tie business. 



The Carver Buggy Company, organized at 

 Morristown, Tenn., about a year ago, has just 

 been incorporated under the laws of Tennessee 

 with a capital stock of $50,000. O. R. Carver 

 is president of the concern ; H. F. Torbaugh, 

 vice-president, and C. C. Hale, secretary and 

 treasurer. The company manufactures high- 

 grade buggies and surries. 



The Stephenson Lumber Company was re- 

 cently organized under the laws of New York 

 state with an authorized capital stock of $50,- 

 000. It has acquired the business which was 

 formerly carried on by the Bay Ridge Lumber 

 Company. The oflScers of the new concern are 

 James P. Stephenson, president ; F. S. Dunlop. 

 vice-president, and E. I>. r>unlop, secretary and 

 treasurer. 



The lands, sawmill, etc., of the Gogebic Lum- 

 ber Compan.v, manufacturer and wholesaler of 

 hardwood lumber and shingles, Marinesco, Mich., 

 have recently been purchased by the Edward 

 Hines Lumber Company of Chicago for approxi- 

 mately $1,000,000. The plant suspended opera- 

 tions about two years ago, but the new owners 

 expect to put it in good condition again and 

 resume operations at an early date. 



It has been announced that the plant of the 

 Thornhill Wagon Works, Lynchburg, Ya., whicli 

 was recently destro.ved by fire, will be re- 

 placed by new buildings, plans for which are 

 now being prepared. The main building, lOOx 

 (!00 feet, will be equipped with the most modern 

 sprinkling devices. Several small buildings will 



