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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



February 25, 1921 



J. J. NARTZIK 



INCORPORATED 



MILLS .AITI-l At/CMIIU ''ENERAL OFFICES 



GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. '"^^ MAUD AVENUE ^^,0 WAREHOUSE 

 DBS ARK, ARKANSAS C^ U T C^ A (^ Q CHICAGO, ILL. 



Rotary Cut Veneers 



and 



Panels 



CARLOAD LOTS OR L. C. L. SHIPMENTS 



TJ^URNITURE manufacturers and factory buyers who insist on 

 having high quality veneers should send us their orders. We 



are specialists in Northern Veneers. 



We also manufacture Northern Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Cedar 



Posts and Poles. Lath and Shingles, which we ship in straight 



cars and cargoes or mixed with our "Peerless Brand" Rock 



Maple. Beech or Birch Flooring. Cct Our Prti c.\- 



The Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber Compauiy 



Chicago Offices: 812 Monadnock Block GLADSTONE, MICH. 



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uniformly colored. Figured wood is scarce and highly valued, and 

 is cut into veneer usually 1/28 inch in thickness. 



Walnut veneer is cut by the straight rotary, stay-log rotary, or 

 straight-slice process. Manufacturers get about 20 square feet of 

 veneer from each board foot of logs, log scale, with a waste of 

 about 55 per cent. This waste is unavoidable, and includes the 

 sapwood, the defective veneer vi'hich is not marketable, the wood 

 trimmed of?' before a sheet of merchantable width is obtained, th-= 

 waste due to defects, and the "dog board. " Because walnut veneer 

 logs run comparatively small in size, wide walnut veneer is much in 

 demand. 



Uses for Poor Material 



Walnut is a suitable wood for railway ties, fence posts, and fire- 

 wood, but only small and defective material is ordinarily converted 

 into these products. 



The price of walnut lumber has increased greatly during recent 

 years, and the same thing is true of the price of such other cabinet 

 woods as red gum, white oak, and birch. These prices have also 

 effected a great increase in the price of logs. During the war, on 

 account of the unprecedented demand for walnut, much small and 

 defective material v\'as accepted. Logs 1 4 inches and over in diam- 

 eter and at least fairly clear are now generally specified. The in- 

 creased expense of logging and of freight has been an added factor 

 in making the cost of logs higher than before the war. 



Owners of w^alnut timber can dispose of their trees to best advan- 

 tage to w^alnut lumber and veneer manufacturers, and to factories 

 that purchase walnut in the log form. Figured w^alnut is more valu- 

 able than plain. Walnut firms do not, as a rule, publish a fixed 

 scale of prices and log grades, the prices generally being set by the 

 log buyer. 



Although the present very high market price of the timber may 

 not be maintained, walnut will always be in demand, and will bring 

 good prices because of the intrinsic value of the wood. Ow^ners of 

 timber tracts containing walnut will generally find it profitable to 

 favor the young growth of this timber over that of less valuable 

 species. 



According to rough estimates made in the bulletin, the 

 total stand of black walnut timber, in trees 1 2 inches and 

 over in diameter at breast height, is 821,000,000 board 

 feet, log scale. By regions this is divided as follows: 

 Illinois, Missouri and Iowa, 246 million; Kentucky, Ten- 

 nessee and North Carolina, 141 ; Ohio and Indiana, 107; 

 Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, 101 ; Virginia and West 

 Virginia, 89; Nebraska and Kansas, 45; New \ ork, Penn- 

 sylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware, 36; South 

 Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, 

 28; Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. 28. The heavi- 

 est estimated stand for any state is that of Missouri. 107 

 millions of board feet, log scale. 



J. J. Delker, of the Delker Buggy Company, at Henderson, Ky., 

 has announced he will rebuild the Watt Lumber Yard, which 

 was destroyed by fire recently. Delker owned the buildings and 

 was interested in the lumber company. 



