36 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



Juor 10. Illl.'i. 



IJock BlB 



< >tt Him 20.00 



'nk 34.04 



Ash 34.20 



Maple 22.00 



1014 

 Itflsswood . . .*20.21 



Hlrch 21.00 



Koek Elm 20.52 



Soft Elm 20.S9 



Oak 20.41 



Ash 25.20 



Maple . . 23.18 



LOWER 

 •Elcveu Out 



l.S.O.'! 



20.07 



15.72 



22.00 

 1012 

 »20.3rt 

 17.10 

 17.78 

 20.71 

 27.08 

 21.10 

 28.05 



1013 

 $23.2,'i 



19.93 



10.91 



21.03 



27.88 



20.11 



20.99 

 MICHIGAN 

 Rnto to Chicago 



20.0.'> 



17.25 



32.40 



1(1.25 



20.79 

 1911 

 J14.00 

 14.03 

 19.87 

 21.81 

 28.19 

 22.58 

 1S.21 



19.12 

 16.74 

 21.20 

 28.60 



1010 

 $10.57 

 19.72 

 21.31 

 21.31 

 30.82 

 20.83 

 13.02 



Pine 

 $33.33% 

 25.33 

 21.89 

 24.29 K 

 20.65 

 25.69 Vi 



Hemlock Hardwood 



1009 $13.33 $16.24% 



1910 14.34% 17.41 



1911 13.49 17.S3>4 



1912 14.23 18.49 



1913 17.03V4 20.60% 



1914 15.83% 22.67',i 



For the flrst tour months of this year the averages are as follows : 



January $14.59 $20.81 None 



February 14.67 19.27 7/10 None 



March 13.54 26.37 None 



April 16.75 21.39 None 



• This company's averages are lor No. 3 and better In both hardwoods 

 and hemlock. The hlKh average for hard\voo<l In March of this year Is 

 caused bv the fact that the company shipped practically no culls that 

 month, and did ship a large amount of No. 1 common and better in both 

 maple and bttsswood. 



INDIANA 



Five yE.\ns 



Nine and One-Half Cent Rate to Chicago 



Poplar— 1910 



^,^^%7 to 17 Nos. 1 and 2.$ 45 

 ■Si"xl8 and up. Nos. 1 



and 2 06 



4/4" clear saps and selects 



4/4" No. 1 common .... 



4/4" No. 2 common 



1x7 to 12 box boards.... 



1911 

 $ 45 



1912 

 $ 45 



1913 



1x13 to 17 box boards... 



1x18 and up, Nos. 1 



and 2 



6/4" Nos. 1 and 2 



6/4" No. 1 common 



6/4" No. 2 common 



6/4" clear saps. 



28 

 l.S 

 44 

 45 

 59 



r.s 



20 

 45 



28 

 20 



1S( 



30 

 i)20 



1914 



$ 40 



30 



24 ©22 



58 



58 



DO 

 28 

 IS 

 35 

 Plain White and Red Oak — 



4/4" Nos. 1 and 2 46 



45 

 5/4" and 6/4", Nos. 1 



and 2 



45@47 

 4/4" No. 1 common 26 



45 



50 



31 

 22 

 40 



51 



5/4" and 6/4", No. 1 com. 

 4/4" No. 2 common 



30 



Quartered White Oak — 



1x6" Nos. 1 and 2 72 



1x7" Nos. 1 and 2 70@72 



IxS" 

 1x9" 



4/4" 

 4/4" 

 6/4" 

 6/4" 

 6/4" 



Nos. 1 and 2 80 



Nos. 1 and 2 85 



1x10" and up Nos. 1 and 2 95 



Clear face strips 55@60 



65 



No. 1 common 45 



No. 2 common 27 



Nos. 1 and 2 



No. 1 common 



No. 2 common 



1x2 to 3%" sap strips... 30 



Hard Maple — 



6/4" Nos. 1 and 2 30@29 



28 

 6/4" No. 1 common.... 22@21 

 Hickory — 



0/4" Nos. 1 and 2 



6/4" No. 1 common 30 



S/4" Nos. 1 and 2 65 



10/4" No8. 1 and 2 



12/4" Nob. 1 and 2 



16/4" Nos. 1 and 2 



s 4" No. 1 common 



4/4" Nos. 1 and 2 Aab. 

 4/4" No. 1 common Anh 



05 



on 



60 



00 



31 

 43 



31® 32 



80 



32® 35 



4H 



4/4" No. : 



10/4" Nos. 



common Ash 

 1 and 2 Ash. 



25 

 IS 



2S 



65 



10/4" No. 1 common. 



Walnut — 

 4/4" Nos. 1 and 2. . . . 



90 

 05 



No. 1 common 48®50 



No. 2 common.. 27 



1 and 2 100®105 



■»/4 



4/4 



6/4" Nos 



6/4" No. 1 common. 



55 



C8@60 



on 



38® 45 



on 



100 

 50 

 28 

 95 105®lin 



60®nn 



48 60 



no 



36 



S5®95 

 90 

 47 

 27 



65 



70 



80 



35933 



26® 26 



28 



18®21 



05 



100 



50 

 20 



28 

 21 



60 



4.-. 



30 



106 



65 



31®32 



on 



Nos. 

 Nos. 

 Nos. 



6/4" No. 

 8/4" No. 



8/4 

 5/4 

 4/4 

 4/4 

 4/4 

 8/4 

 8/4 

 6/4 

 6/4' 

 11/4 



2 common .... 



1 common .... 



1 and 2 



1 and 2 



1 and 2 cherry 

 No. 1 com cherry. . 

 No. 2 com cherry . . 

 Nos. 1 and 2 cherry 

 No. 1 com cherry. . 

 No. 1 com cherry . . 

 Nos. 1 and 2 cherry 

 Nos. 1 and 2 cherry 

 6x8 Oak switch tics.... 

 10/4" Nos. 1 and 2 Ash 



37® 40 

 17 

 95 

 45 

 43 



55®70 



lin®120 



110 



90 90 



40 



18 



100 



30 

 70 



31 

 70@00 

 125 125 



110 110 



20 



90®95 

 17.50 



110 



18®19 



70 



100 

 65 



18.50 



18.00 



The Sawyer as a Grader 



Tlio subject of grading hardwood lumber was being discussed, 

 when one man remarked that ho had been sawing, handling and 

 shipping lumber practically all his life and yet found it difScult and 

 slow to pass grade judgment in sorting lumber. ' 



Another man, an extensive operator of many years' experience, 

 looked at the first speaker, who had done much actual sawing in 

 his experience, and said : ' ' Having been a sawyer doesn 't help you 

 any in grading lumber, because I have never met a sawyer yet who 

 was worth anything at lumber grading." 



This started an argument and the substance of the lumberman's 

 contention was that if a sawyer is worthy of the name he becomes 

 an excellent judge of logs and of how to handle them to get the best 

 results, but notwithstanding this, sawyers are poor graders of lumber 

 when it comes to a matter of grading out for shipment. 



This was a queer position to take, but he argued for it strongly, 

 basing his argument on experience. If his argument is right, there 

 is a question of what constitutes the explanation. A good sawyer 

 ought to be about the best judge of lumber. He must judge every 

 board and every stick of timber before it is cut from the log. From 

 long experience he knows pretty well just what defects to expect in 

 a log and where they should show up. Ho knows where and how to 

 get the full measure of clear stock out of a log, and in fact knows 

 more about a log, its contents and classification, than any other man. 

 Still we are told insistently that the good sawyer is not a good 

 lumber grader. 



The good lumber grader is a man trained specifically for that 

 purpose. He may know nothing of logs and the signs of hidden 

 defects in them. He simply judges lumber by its face appearance 

 as it passes before him and studies the defects that place it in a 

 certain classification. He becomes an adept at classifying boards 

 according to their defects or freedom from defects, but not neces- 

 sarily a judge of logs and their hidden defects and how to work them 

 up to get the best lumber. 



It might be argued that the average sawyer is a poor judge of 

 defects and quick to see them and clas.sify because he must use a good 

 eye in his own work. Therefore he should be equally efficient in grad- 

 ing out lumber from the yard. The sawyer as a rule does not aspire 

 to lumber grading because sawing usually pays better returns, yet 

 it is doubtful if any sawyer would take kindly to the assertion that 

 he is a poor grader. 



