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Hardwood Record Mail 'Bag 



Seeks Three-Inch Log-Run White Ash excuiiis November, lyua, by about 2,800,000 



feet 



New Haven, Conn., Dec. 9.— Kditoi- Hard- ' „ » _^ », ^ ^ „ ,,. , 



WOOD Recopo : We are In the market for three . '^^ « ^'innot expect the next four or Uve months' 



ineh loR run white a«h. tou^h .sloek, for use '"«P«f' <>"« t° «iual those of the past few 



m carriage manufacture. We can use IhU stock '"""'''^' """''T T."" *"' ""f"'^ '" »«, Nor h 



either square or wanev etlKecl. "''". '"'^P/'!'^" ""'" '>»^''b'^'""" "I^^s "> 'U*-' 



_, ' • • '• J, , ,• . spring of 1011. 



The above inquiry is from a leading eastern ,p„e net cost to the association for November 



wholesale house, and the writer has been sup- inspection was lf295.84. 



plied with a list of sundry producers of white The meeting of the board of managers held 



ash. Any others interested in the prospective "" December 8 was weU • attended. Twenty 



, , ,, ,, ,. , . of its twenty-five members and two prominent 



customer can have the address on application. a.,sociation committeemen from oulside the city 



— Editor. were present. 



Sixty-seven applioations for membership were 



officially accepted and two were rejected by the 



Criticises Methods of Manufacturing board because the parties applying were not 



ConraiBus, Onto, Dec. lo.—Editor IIahdwood eligible. The secretary was also instructed to 



Record: Please advise throui,'h vour "trouble" request the resignation of two members whose 



column as to the following: First—Is it a business methods did not receive the approval 



disease or a design to lose money on the part of "^ ""^ board. 



the mill proprietors, to allow the cutting of ■*■ considerable amount of routine work was 



No. 3 white oak logs and the heart center por- accomplished during the session and several mat- 



tlon of No. 1 and No. 2 plain saw logs into t^^s of importance were discussed at length. 



4/4 mill cull, instead of structural oak mate- ^"^"^ "^ ^^^^'^ matters will be submitted to 



rial that can be shipped green and sold readily, "^e membership for final settlement at the next 



saving saw kerf, shrinkage and steam teed and annual convention. 



increasing the value about 300 per cent over ^ special committee, consisting of E. V. Bab- 



4/4 mill cull prices'' cock, J. V. Stimson and O. E. Yeager, wa.s ap- 



Second— Has there been any cure discovered Pointed with Instructions to prepare and sub- 



for above ailment' "■'*■ t" ^''e next convention a code of ethics. 



The criticism of'the writer of the above let- "''"=''• " adopted, shall become an integral 



,, „ ,,.„., ,, , ,, part of our rules and he operative whenever 



ter is well-founded if it would apply generally. ,jjg ^.yj^g ^^.^ ^g^^ 



However, the average producer of white oak The general operation and condition of the 



lumber and timber in only rare instances cuts association, as shown by the officers' reports, 



his hearts into mill culls. Most of them were satisfactory and no criticism was offered 



, , . , , , by the members of the board, 



are wise enough to box their reasonably sound P j^ Diggins President 



heart logs and work the timber off for car or p. F. Fish, Secretary. 



other structural material. — Editor. Salaried Inspectors 



Feet 



inspected. 



„ , „^. „ „ .„ ^ ™ , Frank R. Buck, Chicago, 111 334.314 



Seeks White Holly, Pepperage and Tupelo .lohn .7. Lorden. Chicago, iii 220.23.T 



,. ,. ,, ,. „,., „ J. J. Shepard, Cbic.igo, 111 295,027 



Kingston, N. Y.. Dee. 1,. —Editor Hardwood p. p. Southgate, Chicago. Ill 179,04.'i 



Record: We would thank you very much if you A. B. Metter, St. Louis. Mo 424,401 



would give us the names of firms from whom W. R R^obinson^St^Lmiis^ Mo . . ..... 578,168 



we can obtain white holly, pepperage and tupelo Geo. C. Teetes. Memphis. Tenn 141,205 



gum. A. B. Baker, New Orleans. La 98,736 



C. E. McSmith, New Orleans, La 125,666 



This letter is from a leading brush manu- .7. L. Benson, Alexandria. La 249,655 



„ , lit, I- 1 -n, ii -D^^ D. E. Buchanan, Cincinnati, 236,145 



facturer who has been supplied with the Rec- w. C. Lasswell, Cincinnati. 279.135 



OBD 'S list of producers of these various woods. J°seph Waltman. Louisville K.y .... 102,839 



^ .loseph Patterson, New \ork City iGO.l 1 1 



Any others who would be interested in the .1. 1.. Stewart. Buffalo. N. V :«)4,925 



,. ^ , i, ij C. <'■ Ferguson, Buffalo. .\. Y 340,514 



prospective customer can have the address on n i,- Thompson, rhilailelphia. Pa... 349,485 



nnnlienti'nn Editor •'■ I- Weeks, Pittsburg, Pa 28.%621 



appucauon. i^anov. H. W. Bowler, Boston, Mass 311,539 



A. G. Langeluttig, Ballimore. Md. . . . 112,286 



„ ^ ^ -- ^. ,,.,■, , X 1, Thomas A. Hall, Detroit. Mich 272,808 



Report of National Hardwood Lumber j j. Miller. Detroit. Miih 139,680 



aoofieiafinii Ed. Borgeson. .Minneapolis. Minn 215,803 



Association jl ^ Hoover, chief inspector 90.7911 



The Eecokd is in receipt of the following Total . 6 165 405 



letter from the National Hardwood Lumber Fee Inspkctors 



R. W. Child. Mobile. A\ii Ifi0,701 



Association: George U. Dunn, Boston. Mass 11,567 



Chicago, III., Dec. 15, 1910. Archibald & Ilagadorn. Cheboygan, 



We are enclosing herewith our monthly in- chm-les ChVisllanion; Manistee: Mieh: l.ila'l.'s.^rl 



spection statement, which shows that our men p. Collier. Boyne City, Mich 2711.92:'. 



offleially inspected 10,509,981 feet during the .T. S. Cni'nan." Menotriinee. Mich 917.403 



month of November ""■- M" Clemens, Thompson, Mich.... 26,229 



month Of November. (irant Harrison. Petoskev. Mich 309,396 



This is a gain over the amount in October Peterson & Lovell. Manisiee, Mich.... 348,711) 



of 362,887 feet, notwithstanding the fact that Scott & Rieekhoff. I,udington. Mich.. 12,579 



because of the partial closing of navigation on "^^^^'^^^^^^l^S^ ^^%^^!]: ""^^ 



the Great Lakes, our fee inspections were less c. M. Sands, Chattanooga, Tcnn 49,791 



by a considerable amount. <i4d r-c 



Our records also show that November, 1910, Grand total. '.............!.... .10,509 !),S1 



The Harvest of Hicicori; 



The ofiSce of Wood Utilization of the For- 

 est Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 is co-operating with the National Hickory As- 

 sociation in a comprehensive investigation of 



the country 's hickory problem. The annual 

 cut of more than 300 million feet, exclusive 

 of fuel, is well known, but it is not so well 

 known what becomes of it, or whether it is 



all put to the best uses for which it is fitted. 

 It is well understood that the country's hick- 

 ory supply is limited — it probably docs not 

 exceed 10 billion feet. This is really the 

 world's supply, because the wood grows only 

 in tliis country. Thirty-four states contribute, 

 but two-thirds of the supply comes from half 

 a dozen. It is one of the most important 

 woods of this or any other country, and for 

 a number of purposes no satisfactory substi- 

 tute has beon found for it. The need, there- 

 fore, of securing all possible information is 

 apparent. It is a wood so valuable for special 

 uses that it ought not to take the place of com- 

 mon lumber. While it is not believed that 

 a very large quantity is so used, yet there are 

 no statistics showing where all the 200 million 

 feet cut by ordinary sawmills go. It ought to 

 go to handle mills, carriage shops, and fac- 

 tories that demand it for special and exact- 

 ing purposes, but it is not known that it all 

 goes there. In fact, it is known that some — 

 probably not much — makes cross ties, fence 

 posts, bridge plank, and other firm timbers. 

 Such use of this valuable wood should not be 

 encouraged. Dozens of cheap and plentiful 

 woods give better service in such places, and 

 it is the worst kind of economy to let good 

 hickory be so diverted while it is in constant 

 demand for carriages and handles. 



The investigation will look into the use of 

 hickory as fuel. It is one of the very best 

 woods for that, but logs fit for buggy rims, 

 ax handles, or sucker rods should not go to the 

 woodpile. The hickory lumberman should have 

 first choice, and the firewood cutter ought to 

 lie satisfied with what is left. It is interest- 

 ing to note that meat packers in many of 

 the cities, and smaller towns as well, prefer 

 hickory to all other woods for smoking meat, 

 and large quantities are so used. This matter 

 will be included in the investigation and the 

 demands of packers for smokewood will be 

 considered. Doubtless they can use rough and 

 knotty wood as well as the fine grades, and 

 would not insist on clear, straight graine<l 

 hickory for their smokehouses, if inferior 

 grades were available. Hickory knots ought to 

 make as good smoke as hickory ax handle 

 stock. 



It has been asserted that the waste of hick- 

 ory in the woods and at the mill is unneces- 

 sarily large, but the assertion has been strongly 

 denied. Perhaps similar conditions do not 

 exist in different regions. A thorough inves- 

 tigation of this phase of the question is 

 under way, and it will be carried out by field 

 work in four typical hickory states, Missouri, 

 Mississippi, Louisiana and North Carolina, 

 and by correspondents in twelve other states. 



When all o"btainable facts relating to cut- 

 ting, manufacturing and marketing hickory 

 have been collected, together with the uses 

 to which it is put, the information will be 

 made available to the thousands of owners, 

 manufacturers and users of this valuable wood 

 in all parts of the country, and it is believed 

 that the information will assist them in 

 turning every stick to the best possible ac- 

 count. 



