March 10, 1919 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



30e 



1. Grades: Clear, No. 1 Coninion. Xo. 2 Com- 

 mon. 



2. Thicknesses: Standard. 



3. Lengths: 6' to Ifi'. 



4. Widths; 2", 2 1/2". 3". 3 1/2". 4". 4 1/2". 5" 

 and 5 1/2". 



5. Inspection on all grades must be made froni 

 the good side of the piece. 



6. Measurement must be made at narrow part 

 of the .strip inside of beveled edges. 



7. Must be tallied widths and lengths on half 

 and even inches; all fractions of less than 1/2" 

 dropped. 



CLEAK 



1. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 



2. 1/2" sap on 2" to 3 1/2". 1" sap on 4" to 

 ."■ 1/2" strips in the aggregate allowed on face 

 .side. 



3. Must have one clear face and two good 

 edges; the reverse face must be sound. 



Xo. 1 COMMON 

 1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 

 1'. Bright sap i.-a no defect in this grade. 



3. Pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 6' and 7' 

 long, must have one clear face and two good 

 edges. 



4. Pieces 2". 2 1/2" and 3" wide. 8' to 11' 

 long, must work 66 2/3^0 clear face in not over 

 three cutting.s; pieces 2". 2 1/2" I'-nd 3" wide, 12' 

 and over long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in 

 not over three cuttings. No cutting to be consid- 

 ered which is less than 2' long by the full width 

 of the piece. 



Pieces 3 i/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5" and .^i 1/2" wide, 

 <nd 7' long, must have one clear face and two 

 _ - d edges. The Texer^.e face must be sound. 



a. Pieces 3 1/2". 4", 4 1/2". 5" and 5 1/2" wide. 

 8' to 11' long, must work 66 2/39f clear face in 

 not over two cuttings; pieces 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2". 5" 

 and a 1/2" wide, 12' 2.nd over long, must work 

 66 2/3% clear f2.ce in not over three cuttings. No 

 cutting to be considered which is less than 3" 

 wide and 2' long. Both edges of the cutting in 

 this grade must be good and the reverse face of 

 cutting must be sound. 



No. 3 COMMON 



1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 



2. Bright or sound discolored sap is no defect 

 in this grade. 



3. Xo, 2 Common Strips must work 50% clear 

 face; no cutting to be con.sidered which is less 

 than 2" wide by 2' long. The reverse face of cut- 

 tings must be sound. 



PECAN 



1. Thicknesses and lengths: Standard. 



2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 



3. In the grade of Firsts and Seconds 30% of 

 S' to 10' lengths will be admitted. 



FIRSTS AND SECONDS 



1. Firsts and Seconds are combined as one 

 grade. 



2. Bird pecks not exceeding 1/2" in length. 

 1/4" in width, admitted if sound, but if excessive 

 must be considered by the inspector. 



3. Widths: 4" and over wide. 



4. Pieces 4" wide must be clear. 



5. Standard defects admitted in pieces 5" and 

 over wide, according to surface measure, as fol- 

 lows; 



5', 1 standard defect or its equivalent. 



8', 2 standard defects or their equivalent. 

 12', 3 standard defects or their equivalent. 

 IS', 4 standard defects or their equivalent. 

 No. 1 COMMON 



1. Xo. 1 Common must be 4" and over wide. 4' 

 and over long, not to exceed 5% of 4" widths. 



2. Pieces 4' and ."»' long mu.st be clear. 



3. Pieces 4" to 1" wide, 6' to 11' long, must 

 work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- 

 tings; pieces 4" to 7" wide, 12' and i>ver long, 

 must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three 

 cuttjngs. 



4. Pieces 8" and over wide, 6' to 9' long, must 

 work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- 

 lings; pieces 8" and over wide, 10' to 13' long, 

 must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three 

 cuttings; piece.^ 8" and over wide, 14' and over 

 long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over 

 four cuttings. 



5. No cutting to be considered which is less 

 than 4" wide by 2' long, or 3" wide by 3' long. 



No. 2 COMMON 



1. Lengths: 4' and over long, admitting 25% 

 of 4', 5' and 6' lengths, but not more than 10% 

 may be under 6'. 



2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 



3. Pieces 4' long must be clear one face. 



4. Pieces 5' and longer must work at least 50% 

 clear face cutting. 



5. The minimum length of any cutting to be 

 18": the minimum width of 2.ny cutting to be 3"; 

 the, smallest cutting allowed must contain 72 

 square inches. 



NO. 3 COMMON 

 1. Lengths: 4' and over long. 

 2- Widths: 3" and over wide. 



3. Each piece must contain at least 50%? 

 sound cutting, 



4. The minimum length of any cutting to be 

 18"; the minimum width of any cutting to b€ 

 3". The smallest cutting allowed must contain 

 72 square inches. 



NO. 4 COMMON 

 1. No. 4 Common shall include all lumber not 

 up to the grade of No. 3 Common that can be 

 used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating, etc. 

 Worm holes are not to be considered defects, 

 and unsound lumber with sufficient substance 

 to hold nails admitted. 



POPLAR 



1. Thicknesses and lengths; Standard. 



2. Widths: 3" and over wide. 



3. Sound gum spots are no defects in any 

 grade. Open gum spots are to be considered 

 by the inspector. 



4. In the grade of Firsts and Seconds pieces 

 10" and wider, bright sap up to one- third the 

 width of the piece in the aggregate on one 

 face, is no defect: each additional 1" of bright 

 sap in the aggregate is one standard defect; 

 I" of bright sap in the aggregate on the re- 

 verse face is no defect; each additional 1" of 

 bright sap in the aggregate is one standard 

 defect. 



5. In the grades of Firsts and Seconds and 

 Selects, mineral stain not exceeding one-sixth 

 the surface measure of the piece in the asgre- 

 gate will be admitted. In the grades of Sap 

 and Common mineral stain is no defect. 



FIRSTS 



1. Firsts must be 8" and over wide, 10' and 

 over long. 



2. Pieces 8" and !)" wide must be free of sap 

 on one face. The reverse face may have 2" 

 of bright sap in the aggregate. 



3. Pieces 1.3' to 16' surface measure will ad- 

 mit one standard defect or its equivalent. 



4. Pieces 17 ' and over surface measure will 

 admit two standard defects or their equivalent. 



SECONDS 



1. Must be 6" and over wide. 8' and over 

 long 



2. Pieces G" wide m.ust be free from defects, 

 including sap. 



3. Pieces 7" wide will admit 1" of bright 

 sap in the aggregate. 



4. Pieces S" and 0" wide, 5' to 7' surface 

 measure, will admit 1" of bright sap in the 

 aggregate. 



.=i. Pieces S" and 9" wide, S' and over surface 

 measure, will admit one standard defect and 1" 

 of bright sap in the aggregate,, or 2" of bright 

 sap in the aggregate, if there is no other 

 defect. 



6. Pieces 10" and over wide, 6' to 9' surface 

 measure, may have one standard defect or its 

 equivalent. 



7. Pieces 10" and over wide, 10' to 14' surface 

 measure, may have two standard defects or 

 their equivalent. 



8. Pieces lr>' to 20' surface measure may have 

 three standard defects or their equivalent, 



9. Pieces 21' and over surface measure may 

 have four standard defects or their equivalent. 



SELECTS 



1. Lengths,: S' and over: 20% may be S', 9' 

 and 10' and not, to exceed 5%5 under 10'. 



2. Widths: 6" and over wide, * 



3. Selects shall include the following differ- 

 ent kinds of boards: 



(1) A board having a face side as good 

 as a First, the other side must be as good as a 

 Xo. 2 Common. Sun checks admitted on the 

 poor side of this board. 



'2) A board having a face side as good as a 

 Second, the other side must be as good as a 

 X'o. 1 Common. 



<3) A board that has one more standard 

 defect than would admit it to a Second. Ex- 

 amples: 



fa) A board 6" to 7" wide with one standard 

 defect, 



fb) A board S" wide with 1" of bright sap 

 and one standard defect. 



<c) Boards 9" to 11" wide, with 2" of bright 

 sap and two standard defects, and accordingly 

 as widths increase. 



4. Splits not to exceed the width of the board 

 up to 10" are admitted. Board over 10" in 

 width will admit a split one-sixth the length 

 of the board. 



s.\rs 



1 Saps must be 5" and wider, 8' and longer. 



2. Pieces r^" to .S" wide must be clear, except- 

 ing one straight split not exceeding in length 

 the width of the piece. 



3. On pieces 6" .^nd over wide, wane along 

 the edge or its equivalent at one end or both 

 ends, not exceeding one-sixth the length of the 

 piece, not exceeding in thickness one-half the 

 thickness of the piece, and not exceeding 1" in 

 width, shall not be considered a defect. 



4. Pieces 9" and over wide may have one 

 standard defect. 



.5. Bright sap is no defect in this grade. 

 6. NOTE — Stain covered bv general instruc- 

 tions. 



NO. 1 COMMON 



1. Sound discolored sap is no defect in this 

 grade. 



2. Widths: 4" and wider, but not more than 

 5% may be under 5". 



3. Lengths: 6' to 16'. but not more than 20% 

 may be under 10'. and not to exceed 10% of 

 6' and 7' 



4. Pieces 4" wide, 6' and 7' long, must be 

 clear; pieces 4" wide, S' to 16' long, may have 

 one standard defect. 



.">. Pieces .^" wide. 0' and 7' long, must be 

 clear: nieces 5" wide. 8' to 16' long, must work 

 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cuttings. 



6. Pieces G" and over wide, 6' and 7' long 

 may have one standard defect. 



7. Pieces 6" to 9" wide, S' to 11' long, must 

 work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two cut- 

 tings: pieces 6" to 9" wide. 12' and over long 

 must work 66 2/3%, clear face in not over three 

 cuttings. 



8. Pieces 10" and over wide. 8' and 9' long 

 must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over two 

 cuttings. 



0. Pieces 10" and over wide, 10' to 13' long 

 must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over three 

 cuttmgs; pieces 10" and over wide, 14' and over 

 long, must work 66 2/3% clear face in not over 

 four cuttings. 



10. Xo cutting to be considered which is less 

 than 4" wide by 2' long, or 3" wide by 3' long. 



NO. 2 COMMON 



1. Sound discolored sap is no defect in this 

 grade. 



2. No. 2 Common must be 3" and over wide, 

 4' and over long, but not more than 10% of 4' 

 and 5' lengths. Pieces 3" to 7" wide. 4' to 10' 

 long, must work 50% clear face in not over 

 three cuttings; pieces 3" to 7" wide, H' and 

 longer, must work 50% clear face in not over 

 four cuttings. 



3. Pieces 8" and over wide, 4' to 9' long, muat 

 work 50% clear fac.e in not over three cut- 

 tings; pieces 8" and over wide. 10' to 13' long, 

 must work 50% clear face in not over four 

 cuttings: pieces 8" and over wide, 14' and over 

 long, must work 50% clear face in not over 

 five cuttings, 



4. Xo cutting to be considered which is le.^s 

 than 3" wide by 2' long, 



NO. 3 CO.M3ION 



1. Lengths: 4' and over; 25% may be 4', 5' 

 and 6', and not to exceed 10% under 6', 



2. Widths; 3" and over wide. 



3. No. 3 Common must contain at least 50% 

 sound cuttings. 



4 No cutting to be less than 3" wide and 2' 

 long. 



NO. 4 C03I^I0N 



1. Xo. 4 Common shall include all lumber not 

 up to the grade of No. 3 Common that can be 

 used for cheap boxing, sheathing, crating, etc. 

 Worm holes are not to be considered defects, 

 and unsound lumber with sufficient substance 

 to hold nails admitted. 



PANEL AND WIDE NO. 1 



1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 



2. Widths: 18" and over wide. 



3. Thicknesses: 3/S" to 2". 



4. Bright sap is no defect and not to exceed 

 3" sound discolored sap on each edge in the 

 aggregate may be admitted on any piece. 



5. Splits not exceeding 6" in length in one 

 end of the piece are not to be considered as 

 defects, 



6. Panel and Wide No. 1 is a combined grade 

 and must contain at least 50% panel. 



PANEL 



1. Lengths: 8' to 16', admitting not to exceed 

 20% of 8'. 9' and 10' lengths. 



2. 50% of the total quantity must be clear 

 on both sides. The balance of the quantity may 

 contain defects, provided 90 %> of the piece can 

 be ^sed for panels in cuttings 4' or over long 

 by the full width of the piece. 



WIDE NO. 1 



1. Lengths: 6' to 16'. 



2. Pieces 6' and 7' long must be clear, 



3. Pieces S' and over long will admit defects 

 provided 75% of the piece can be used for 

 panels in cutting 4' or over long by the full 

 width of the piece. 



WIDE NO. 2 



1. Lengths: 6' and over long; 20% may be 6' 

 7', S', 9' and 10', not to exceed 10% under 10'. 



2. Widths; 18" to 23", 24" to 27" and 28" 

 and over. 



3. Thicknesses: 3/8" to 2". 



4. Bright sap is no defect and not to exceed 

 Z" sound discolored sa p on each edge in the 



taggregate may be admitted on any piece. 



5. Pieces 6' and 7' long will admit one stand- 

 ard defect. 



6. 8' lengths will admit two standard defects, 



7. IS' wide, except S' lengths, may contain 

 five standard defects and one additional defect 



" for each 2" of additional width. 



8. Splits equal in length to the width of the 

 board are admitted in not to exceed 10%) of the 

 boards, and are counted as a standard defect. 



WAGON BOX BOARDS 



1. Widths: Wide. 13" to 17". Narrow, 9" 

 to 12". 



2. Lengths: 11' to 16', 



3. Thicknesses: Must be 1" thick when ship- 

 ping dry. 



4. Bright or sound discolored sap or a few 

 scattered pin worm holes may be admitted. 



5. 11' length will admit 3" splits in one end, 

 or their equivalent in one or both ends. 



6. 12', 13', 15' and 16' lengths will admit of a 

 12" split in one end, or its equivalent in one or 

 both ends. 



7. 14' 

 or their 

 piece in 

 that do 

 side; or 

 and one 

 work 3 ' 

 Each si 

 standard 

 one side 



S. X'^OTE — Five per cent, in feet of a ship- 

 ment that can be reduced in measurement by 

 cutting the end or edge or both to a size or- 

 dered must be accepted and measured as box 

 boards; separate tally to be kept of such boards, 

 showing reduction in measurement. 



9. Inspectors are cautioned that lumber so 

 warped that it cannot be used for box boards 

 must be excluded from this grade. 



STRIPS 



1. Grades: Clear, Select, No. 1 Common. No. 

 2 Common. 



2. Thicknesses: Standard, 



3. Lengths: 8' to 16'. 



4. Widths; 2 1/2". 3", 3 1/2", 4", 4 1/2", 5". 

 5 1/2", 



5. Measurement must be made at narrow 

 pa»*t of strip inside of beveled edges. 



6. Must be tallied widths and lengths on 



' lengths will admit 6" splits in one end, 

 equivalent in both ends; otherwise each 

 11 ' to 13' lengths may contain defects 

 not prevent the piece from cutting one 

 in each piece 14 ' to 16 ' long, one side 

 end; sides to work 10' 6" long, ends to 

 6" long by the full width of the piece, 

 de and end may contain one sound 

 defect, or its equivalent, showing on 



