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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Ask for Hardwood :—.v KcJucuun 



Soulhrru liarilwiMxl iiinnufnclunTu o|H-iatliii: In the ulalc of MIksIs- 



■ ■■Itli llic IiHomtBtc roniiiioro' CommliiTtloii 



- from i>oliiiii In ilii' xtnl"- of MUKlii><l|i|>l 



...1 AiuMclnllon tiTrltory. liuffiilolMllKlmrKli 



. l.Ino territory, and to Mliuourl rlvi-r croKnlnuK. 



i\or of certain polnlii an- clalmcil. and II Is ask<-d 



!«.• douo away with. The followlni: companli-a Hlcncd tin- 



Til-" Ward Lumber Company, with a mill at Sunllowrr ; the 



Lumb-'r L'onipiiny, wHli a na»mlll at .Moon'IHMiil ; the 



r Oompany. with a tiilll at Isoln ; the Itnyou l.mid & 



.,i..,iiv, with a mill at I,lnd«By; the Karr Holiday Lumber Com- 



a sawmill at I-ouls.- : .Mbert N. Thompson & Co., with a mill 



;( Spur: S. C. Major A; Co., with :i 111111 al Yazoo City; DuKnn 



l.uniiM-r Company. «lth a mill ai lloiindnway : Kurxo & Huri;eR8, with a 



mill at Uola; Houston Bros., wllh a mill at VIeksburK, and Alexander 



Bros., with a mill at Itelzona. 



Prohibition Increases Smoking 

 \t the testimony of clear box makers Is a reliable Kulde In the matter, 

 (ot.aoco smoklne Is on Ihi- Inon-ase In prohibition territory. At any rate, 

 there Is a noticeable Increase In the sales of cli;ar boxes In such terri- 

 tory. Most clgor boxes arc made of Spanish cedar, yellow poplar and 

 tupolo. So far as the clsar store has replaced the saloon, the changes 

 Id the uses of wood have resulted In lessening the demand for white oak 

 for barrels and Increasing the call for the other woods named for cii;"r 

 boxes. 



Clothespins Hard Hit 



The trouble across the sia has hit the export of clothespins hard. 

 Kven the .Vustralians arc not buying as many as formerly. It might be 

 supposed that (lernuiny would be one of the last places for trade In 

 American clothespins ; yet, before the war, large quantities were shipped 

 there. That trade has been wholly lost. The chief supply of clothespins 

 comes from the hardwood districts of eastern stales. Beech Is the fa- 

 vorite material, but birch, maple and others arc much used. The small 

 article Is made by machinery in large numbers, and it is a mystery 

 what becomes of all of tbem. Attempts to manufacture them from saw- 

 mill waste have not been altogether successful. The odd sizes of waste 

 cannot be handled by machinery, and it has been found more profitable 

 to use good lumber than to work up waste. Certain Michigan Arms have. 

 however, recently inaugurated the manufacture of clothespins from ccr 

 tain types of Tnlll waste on what promises to be a successful basis. 



Persimmon and Dogwood 



Shuttlemak' rs demand persimmon and dot-wood and no satisfactory 

 substitutes have been found at reasonable prices. Both trees are usually 

 too small for sawlogs. though persimmon is larger than dogwood. The 

 sapwood only is suitable, but fortunately both trees are nearly all sap- 

 wood. Regular timber operations do not often report tliesc woods, and 

 they do not pass through sawmills. They go to shuttle factories; as 

 round or split billets. Dogwood is preferred and is sold in twice the 

 quantity of persimmon, though the latter is more easily procured. The 

 shuttles are used in weaving cloth, and a single shuttle is oxpecteil to 

 give 2.000 hours of actual service. The shuttlcmakers of the United 

 States demand "..lOO.OOO feet of dogwood yearly and 3,500.000 feet of 

 persimmon. 



A IIA^'Di SAWMILL RIG 



Size of the Handle Industry 



A suit for iiri'ach of contract in New York involving the delivery of 

 l.'J.'.O.tlOO handles of a particular pattern to a single manufacturer, calls 

 attention to the enormous slue of the handl.' Industry which covers the 

 whole country. The sizes and patterns of liaiidlis are so many that no 

 list Including all kinds has ever been complied. They range In dimen- 

 sion from the butlon hook handle to the handle for the lumlierman's 

 cant hook. Some are of the hardest, toughest woods procurable, an ax 

 and hammer handles, while some are of tin- softest woods to be bad, 

 such UK bundles tor buckets and packages. The annual I'ln ..f w..od for 

 handles In the United States exceeds 280,000,000 feet. 



Applewood Lumber 



It is said that the thrifty (omian ami Sw.de settlers in Pennsylvania 

 and New Jersey nearly two hundred years ago trimmed thidr apple trees 

 to grow long trunks with llie Idea that when doue bearing fruit they 

 would b" suitable for lumber. However, the abundanc" of other timber 

 which grew nalurally in the forests, spoiled the anticipated market for 

 apple wood In the early times, and about the only use for it at that 

 period was In making spigots for cider barrels and occasionally a rude 

 carving to ornament the mantel over the heiirth. In recent years the. 

 list of uses has been greatly extended, but the largest demand comes from 

 manufacturers of handsaw handles. The wood is thoroughly steamed 

 to give it a uniform color, and when that is done both the hcartwood 

 and sap may be used. The annual output of applewood In the T'nited 

 States Is about 320.000 feet. 

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A Long Run Backward 



A forty-live horsepower ste^m engine was made in 1800 by the Wash- 

 ington Iron Works, Newburgh, N. Y'., and was sold to a man who set It 

 up In such a position that It had to run backward. Kifty yeai^, lacking 

 one .year, have passed since then, and the engine is still running, and It 

 continues to run backward. The only new part added in that time has 

 been a new governor, and from all appearance the engine is good for 

 many years of work yet. Question, if an engine can run backward fifty 

 years, how long would It have run by this time If It had been started 

 forward in the first place? 



Wood for Building Purposes 



The National Fire Protection Association is giving wide circulation 

 to a report on the inflammability of wood, made by Robert K. Prince, 

 assistant engineer at the Forest Service laboratory, Madison, Wis. This 

 is the second edition, or a reprint of the report as originally Issued. It 

 is a part of the general campaign to Increase the use of wood for struc- 

 tural purposes. The tests made and here recorded show what can be 

 done to lessen the liability of wood to take Are and burn. Anything 

 that can be done to render wooden buildings safer will Increase the use 

 of wood for structural i>urposes. Tiie pamphlet contains flfty-flve pages 

 and It may be had of Franklin II. Wentworth, 87 Milk street, Boston, 

 Mass. 



A Peculiar Claim 



The New Orleans Lumber Truih; Jniirnal's German correspondent makes 

 an interesting statement in a recent letter when he says that the British 

 government has seized all German cedar found In Kngllsh harbors and 

 sold it for halt of its value. It was prompted to do this througb fear 

 that the cedar would reach Germany and be used in the manufacture of 

 'runpo\^■der. 



A Handy Sawmill Rig 



(5n this page is shown an illustration of a re- 

 markably handy and very effective sawmill rig, 

 which is being used on domestic timber in Con- 

 necticut. The machine was designed for cutting 

 small material and is equipped with a six horse- 

 power gasoline motor with a speed of 350 revo- 

 lutions per minute. The arbor has a speed of 

 1,800 revolutions per minute and gives a dally 

 capacity in oak I'i" to 2" In thickness, and 

 common chair stock sizes of about 35.000 pieces 

 per day of ten hours. 



A New Use for Hazel 



The war is bringing out the latent resources 

 "I the European countries. The hazel is usually 

 I small shrub In England. Some of the largest 

 niiiy be usable as barrel hoops, ladder rungs, 

 iiid crating; but that has been about the limit 

 "I usefulness heretofore. This is the bush that 

 hears the filberts or hazel nuts of commerce. 

 The British navy has found a use for this 

 wood. The stems are tied In bundles as thick 

 as an oil barrel, and about six feet in length, 

 and the bundles are used as fenders for battle- 

 hips, to break the force of the impact when 

 ilie vessel goes alongside a wharf. Seven hun- 

 dred rods are required for one fender, and the 

 largest rod must not exceed an inch and a quar- 

 ter in diameter. Inspectors arc being sent out 

 to look up the available supply of hazel in 

 England. 



