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dimensions, especially if piled during the warmer season, direct 

 from the saw, having a high moisture content. In such case it has 

 been found inexpensive and comparatively simple to regulate the 

 drying effect of the air in regulating the volume admitted to the 

 pile ducts by means of light screens, consisting of frames made of 

 l"x5" pine or spruce, properly cross-braced and covered with a 

 good, tough building or roofing paper. These screens to be placed 

 against the south face of the pile and there properly secured 

 against stickers which have been tacked vertically to the front 

 face of the pile, thus providing a one-inch space for the entry of 

 the air. If this should prove insufacient double stickers may be 

 used, increasing this space to two inches and more if found neces- 

 sary. The north face of the pile will not have to be enclosed under 

 any but exceptional conditions. 



Properly constructed to standard size and carefully handled, 

 such screens will last a long time and they will many times repay 

 their cost. 



Paper Screens Succeed 



In the writer 's experience such screens have also found other 

 valuable use in protecting from all directions many complete groups 

 of piles, each containing about 70,000 American walnut gunstock 

 blanks, 2%" thick and having a moisture content of about 65 per- 

 cent when piled up. These were enclosed from foundation to roof 

 with such paper covered frames, standardized to size, ten feet 

 wide by fourteen feet high, tacked direct to the piles. Some of 

 these remained in place for many months, and the very sensitive 

 material thus enclosed was preserved with no loss, and far better 

 than the same material from same source and in same condition of 

 moisture content, which had been placed into elaborate frame 

 sheds, constructed for the purpose at no inconsiderable cost. 



In conclusion the writer must lay particular stress upon the 

 necessity for systematic inspection by a competent inspector at 

 regular intervals of each lumber pile in the yard, and a proper 

 card system report of his findings, making efficient supervision of 

 yard drying really possible. 



There is no reason why we should lose track of the condition of 

 valuable lumber placed into the yard, once it has been piled up 

 to dry as it may, any more than we would if the same lumber had 

 been piled directly into a kOn, when we surelj' would give it every 

 care and attention. 



Yard drying perhaps cannot be as fully controlled as kiln drying, 

 but it can be intelligently influenced to a far greater degree than 

 the interested parties have as yet realized, and considering the 

 average cost of hardwood lumber, intelligent care and supervision 

 in the yard will pay very substantial returns. 



iContiyitied from page 28) 

 cems in general carry in stock about a two-years' supply of special- 

 dimension stoel;. 



N£w Book on Forest Mensitfation 



"Forest Mensuration," by Herman Haupt Chapman, M. F.. Harriman 

 professor of forest management, Yale University Forest School, pub- 

 lished by John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 432 Fourth avenue. New York, con- 

 tains a thorough discussion of the measurement of the volume of felled 

 timber, in the form of logs or other products ; the measurement of the 

 volume of standing timber ; and the growth of trees, stands of timber 

 and forests. It is designed for the information of students of forestry, 

 owners or purchasers of timberlands, and timber operators. The subject 

 matter so treated is fundamental to the purchase or exchange of forest 

 property or of timber stumpage, the valuation of damages, the planning 

 of logging operations, and the management of forest lands for the pro- 

 duction of timber by growth. 



It is intended to be the successor of Graves' Forest Mensuration, and 

 was undertaken at the request of the author, H. S. Graves, whose original 

 text. Forest Mensuration, appearing in 1906, set a standard tor text- 

 books in forestry and has been of inestimable value to foresters and 

 timberland owners in America. The present text Is not a revision of 

 the former publication, but an entirely new presentation, both as to 

 arrangement, methods of treatment and much of the subject matter. 



Canadian Rule Omits Forest Products 



The Southern Hardwood TraflJc Association announces receipt of advices 



from the Canadian Commissioner of Customs and Excise that the present 



.regulations governing the marking of freight shipped to Canadian points, 



so as to indicate the country of origin, do not contemplate that rough or 



dressed lumber or other forest products, shall be so marked. 



Clubs and Associations 



Evansville Club Meets December 13 



The regular monthly meeting of the Evansville Lumbermen's club will 

 be held at the New Vendome Hotel on Tuesday evening, December 13, and 

 J. C. Greer, president of the club, and William S. Partington, secretary 

 and treasurer, are looking for a large attendance as there are several busi- 

 ness matters that will come up for discussion. John C. Keller, traffic man- 

 ager of the club, will make a talk on freight rates. 



Shipping Board to Issue Through Bills of Lading 



Harvey L. Dickson, secretary of the National Lumber Exporters' .\ssocia- 

 tion, has just succeeded in concluding an agreement with .\. J. Love, vice- 

 president in charge of operations of the United States Shipping Board, 

 similar to that which has been in force with the Atlantic steamship lines 

 ever since 1907. This agreement provides for count of shipments of 

 lumber and logs at the seaboard and for clean through bills of lading. 

 Any variations from the tallies as recorded at points of origin found by 

 the count at seaboard will be duly noted, but the bills of lading will no 

 longer read "shipper's load and count," a proviso which has been the cause 

 of much dissatisfaction and complications in the past. The conclusion 

 of the agreement is regarded as of great importance to lumber exporters 

 shipping through Atlantic ports. 



Insurance Exchange Has Satisfactory Year 



A meeting of the Advisory Committee of the National Lumber Man- 

 ufacturers Inter-lnsurance Exchange was held at the Chicago office 

 November 18, at which were present the following members : P. C. 

 Knapp, Portland, Ore. ; Fred W. Reimers, Hammond, La. ; W. A. Holt, 

 Oconto, Wis. ; C. F. Wiehe, Chicago, 111. ; Harry I. Himmelberger, Cape 

 Girardeau, Mo. 



Reports of conditions of the Exchange were very satisfactory as it 

 was shown notwithstanding the heavy losses this year, which have all 

 been paid as proofs were presented, that the surplus and reinsurance 

 reserve of this Exchange exceeded ?200,000, credited to the accounts 

 of the members and subscribers. Notwithstanding the reduction in aver- 

 age stock values of 50 per cent, average building values of 40 per cent 

 and average value of machinery from 10 to 20 per cent over prewar 

 period, it was gratifying to note that the business of the Exchange held 

 up in such a satisfactory manner, owing to the unqualified support of 

 all of its members. 



Regret was expressed that C. A. Bigelow, chairman of the Advisory 

 Committee of this Exchange, could not be present, owing to his extended 

 trip abroad, from which he will return about December loth. 

 Louisville Club Makes Joyes President 



The Louisville Hardwood Club hchl its annual meeting at the Seelbach 

 Hotel, Leather Room, on the evening of November S, election night in 

 Louisville. The meeting followed the usual dinner. Short reports were 

 made by the secretary and treasurer, showing the general condition of 

 the organization as satisfactory. Officers were elected as follows : Presi- 

 dent, Preston P. Joyes of W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company; vice- 

 president, Harry Kline of the Louisville Veneer Mills ; treasurer, re-elected, 

 E. F. Devol of the Louisville Point Lumber Company ; secretary, re-elected, 

 J. S. Thompson, manager of the Louisville division of the Southern Hard- 

 wood Traffic -Association. 



The meeting was attended by H. J. Gates and E. F. Devol of the Louis- 

 ville Point Lumber Company, J. S. Thompson and W. A. Gates of the 

 Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, George Wilcox of the I. B. 

 Wilcox Company, Preston P. Joyes of W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Com- 

 pany, Edwin Norman of the Norman Lumber Company, W. A. MacLean, 

 W. H. Day and D. W. Lewis of the Wood Mosaic Company, Harry Kline of 

 the Louisville Veneer Mills. 



The various men present were called upon for talks concerning their 

 own business and their opinions concerning general conditions of the lum- 

 ber trade, movement, production, prospects, etc. The meeting was gener- 

 ally optimistic in tone. 



In discussion of veneers it was held that veneers were not following 

 the advance in lumber prices as they should, and that there was too much 

 stock being quoted at prices that it could not be produced for today. In 

 fact It being impossible to buy logs on the present market and cut them 

 into veneers, and sell the product at a profit on the logs alone, without 

 considering the labor and costs of production. It was explained that it 

 is tar easier for veneers to drop than It is to get prices back in line again, 

 due to the large number of veneer Manufacturers in the business today. 



Export demand was commented upon freely, and it was held by W. A. 

 MacLean of the Wood Mosaic Company that export demand was largely 

 responsible for the present good conditions in the hardwood trade, as 

 domestic demand if depended upon alone would mean that prices today 

 would be at least $10 a thousand under what they are. 



Mr. Joyce later announced his committees to serve for the coming year, 

 which were as follows : 



Finance — Edward Devol, George Wilcox and W. H. Day. 



Entertainment — A. E. Norman. Jr., Ed. Devol and J. S. Thompson. 



Transportation — J. S. Thompson, A. E. Norman. Sr, and F. L. Davis. 



Logs — H. J. Gates, W. A. MacLean and Harry Kline. 



Lumber — W. H. Day, E. L. Davis and George Wilcox. 



