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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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FARRIS HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. 

 SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 



NASHVILLB. TCNN. 



arence Boyle, Inc., Chicago 



WHOLESALE LUMBER 



Alwayt m the market for OAK, GLM arxd POPLAR 



For the Eastern Trade 



111 llu'si" iliiys i>l rush .siiipnicnts service means niuch. 

 \Vc can ship any of the fcillowiiiK items from our 

 BufTalo yards 3 or 4 days after receipt of order: 



Brown and While A»h. Basswood. BcccH. 

 Birch, Cherry. Cheitnut, Gum, Hard and Soft 

 Maple. Plain and Quartered Red and White 

 Oak and Poplar. 



/'urthcr tlv*t riitlifinn truitttt rriillit 

 'ntfrrxt rtinlfrn hui/'fs 



The Atlantic Lumber Co. 



7C Kilby St., Boston, Mass. 



Birch for "Varmint Tongs" 

 The I'ncrEPtlc manufaiiiiri-rs ..f hircli in ibv N<irili li:iv.' coiniill.ii jintty 

 mmiilotP lists of uses to which this wood Is put, but thorr- Is one use 

 which dws not yet n|>|>(':ir to hiivc found lis iilaci' In nny piilillslicd lists. 

 Thiit article Is commonly kno\Yn as "Varmint lonas." The recent report 

 piilillshcd by the .Minnesota Forestry Board prints a picture and descrip- 

 tion ot the birch tongs for catching "varmints." such as foxes, wild cats 

 and other animals with dangerous claws and teeth. In the northern 

 country the fur Industry Is becomlni; domesticated. They raise their 

 fur-bearlUK animals In pens Instead of irapplni; them In the woods. It 

 Is necessnrv to transfer the Rrowlnp cuhs. and even the full grown speci- 

 mens, (mm pen to pen. and It Is In this work that the birch tongs come 

 Into pla.v. They are hewed from two birch billets, live feet long. The 

 i;rlp|ilnB Jaws are sha|>ed Ilk.- :i collar. Just large enough to fit around 

 a wild cat's neck. When the brule Is thus picked up for trn.isfiT he can 

 l>e held at such a distance that he cannot strike or bite the band of 

 his benefoctor. and though there may be some lively spitting and spa4- 

 tlng, the furious wild cat or the more submissive fox Is safely lifted from 

 one iK-n to the other In spite of himself, and Is none the worse for his 

 experience. Wood Is used for the longs In preference to metal because 

 the Inhtrumencs must be largi- and If of metal they would be too heavy. 

 Ilesldes. the animal often makes a vicious snap at the longs before caught, 

 and conta ■! wllh metal would break bis leeth, but wood does not In- 

 jure him. 



■Plenty of Variety 



Tliere were l.s.rni special-use permits In fore- un ih.- national forests 

 on .Tune .W last, according to figures Just complied by the U. S. Forest 

 Servile to show thi? various uses to which the public Is putting the gov- 

 ernment land Involved. The list Includes 50 apiaries. 2 brick yards, 31 

 canneries. :;!> c-emeterles. churches. 1 cranberry marsh, S2 flsh hatcheries, 

 1 golf links. 4:t hotels. 1 astronomical observatory, 10 fox and rabbit 

 ranches, l.o.s.", residences, 74 resorts and club bouses, 3 sanitariums, TiOO 

 saw mills. Hi:; .-^ehools. slaughter houses, 57 stores, 10 municipal water- 

 sheds, and M''2 wali-r power site.i. with many other uses. Fees collected 

 on 7.805 of the.se |H-rmlts contributed a total of J175.840.40 to the gen- 

 eral forest revenues, b-.it 10.447 of the permits were Issued without charge. 



A New Pencil Wood 



A new candidate for favor as a penell wood claims attention from 

 British F;ast Africa, according to a ricfut arrouni In the London Tlm- 

 hci- TniilrK Jnuniiil. It Is luniiicrut iiromii, and the name Indicates 

 that it is closely related to the southern red cedar of the I'nited States, 

 which is the wood so largely emplo.ved In the manufacture of lead pencils. 

 The .\frican wood which Is now attracting attention Is not the same 

 as the cedar of (merman East .Vfrlca. which was formerly used In Ger- 

 iiian.v for pencils. It comes from a region lying under the Equator, and 

 thus far has been marketed in a small way only, though it has been tested 



by pencil mnkerii uhu pronounce 11 nullnblr , fop nrnl Krii(V- ,iM>nellii, nnil 

 Inferior only to the nsl cedar of VIriilnIn' liid TenneoiM'. The ,\frlciin 

 woo<l In uld |o exlal In Urge ipinn(ltle«. and a unpply' for a long llin>' U 

 KiinnKiii'i-)! Tlir i|unll(v of Ihr wiNid varh-n wljli- xofl niid nltuailon, aa 

 inliElit l>e •'i|>rcled Tlini lioldii Irin' of ib<' noinhern red odiir, ■■ U 

 W4*ll known by ihoNi< who Itari' b<s*n IniereHMil In ilir |H*r^(;i| hlnf biiMlneaii. 



EnElish Broyrn ° Oak 



The l^ondon TInilirr \< iri, hu\- ibai ilii' fiuni'ua KlHtlUh brown oak 

 .- ixtreinely iirarre and Miliiabb'. nnil no' Hi>nil<V. 'for It dmn not exlut on 

 the ('oullni'iit. blink' n Klrlitl) lOtigll"!! piodui^. ||nd 4nor>' or leui conllni'd 

 to tb'- Midland and eastern eouiilleH. liV Nnriqaraploiiiihjri' II nccurN In 

 the Welbeek and KoeklnKbain waiod*. ii| ^li't)rord«blre . ni Wobiirn and 

 Aniplblll, parllrularly tbi' lalter. whlb' In lli-rtfordalflri' nplendld ex 

 ami'te* an' found at .Xxhrldgc I'nrk. Uriiuir 'ink" may be nald lo occur 

 aiiorndlcally. and are rharHclertxed liy rbex liinDir being of a pleaunl 

 foxy-brnwn i-iilor. reinnrknldy bard Jiiid eloifi- griiliiiil and fiiucepllble of 

 n rich poliiih. Tor |iaiii'lliig and furiiltiire making II la highly prl/ed. 

 and In Ami'rba II Is uni'd In Ihe ornaini'niai|iin of rullinan ram, nhib' 

 the nuiKnlllcini dlnlnKroom In the Whiii' llou«'. al WaHblnglon. la en 

 lirely paneled ullh ICngllsh brown onk. . SlVang!-- av II iiiav appear, yet 

 the llnesl brown oak trees have been senf'lo .America, wluT"' lln'y are 

 cut i'lther Into veneers or wainscot or UKe<l for the best elass of fiirnliure. 

 The price of brown i ak Is roin|>uratlvely high, bflng fully four times that 

 iif the l»"Ht of Ihe ordinary wood. For a alngle Iree at Welbeek $"50 

 was paid, while In Ihe famous Hoekiiighani forest, or wbnl remains of it, 

 ¥l'i)5 was accepted for a clean, but by no means big, specimen, but higher 

 prices than either uf these have been obtained both al Aniplhlll ami 

 .\shrblge. 



Sawmill Directory of the United States 



Ttie governiie III 1^ pr' lurlrii: an nlbi lal dlni H'ry nf tin' HawmlllH of the 

 United States. Mills for Imlli bai-ilwoods and soflwnods are Ineliided. 

 The work being done in co operallon by the Forest Service and Ihe Bureau 

 of Foreign and I>omesllc Commerce. 



This accurate knowledge of the places from which lumber may be ob- 

 tained Is oni' result of Ihe closer government supervision of forests, as the 

 same service that protects Ihe trees gathers the facts Ihal will aid far 

 torles and dealers. 



The history of this branch of American Industry is a record of shifting 

 production from extreme Northeast to the nnrtbern part of the ci'ntral 

 section of the country, to the South and Wi'sl, and the directory of 

 sawmills shows the proportions of the total output now derived from each 

 of Ihese sections. 



This publication, with its detailed Information. olTers almost a glimpse 

 of Ihe mills In operation, for the returns compiled tell of the kinds of 

 wood each produces, the capacity of Ihe plant In board feet per day, 

 and per cent />f output In boards, timbers, or framing. They indicate 

 mills producing laths, shook.s. ties, or shingles, and record the largest 

 size a mill can furnish, laigesl size It can dress, largest it can kiln dry. 

 the least thickness It can re.snw, and Its specialties. 



.V rapid survey of the field of production Is afforded by a map of the 

 T'nlted Slates presenting In grajdilc form the yield of lumber in 1012 

 by States and kinds of wood. II shows large amounts from such States 

 as Louisiana. Washington. On i;on. Michigan. North Carolina. Wisconsin. 

 Virginia. West Virginia. Mlssl>'sl|)pl. .\rkansas, Pennsylvania. Minnesota, 

 and others, with smaller amounts ilown to the less productive States. 

 Ttiere are also tables giving similar data for Ihe various species, and a 

 list of associations with the addresses of their olllcers and Ihe kinds of 

 wood the members produce. Kail and waler routes to the Individual mills 

 are Indicated in Ihe returns from their owners that are published. 



The book, which Is Miscellaneous Series No. 27 of the publlcallons of 

 the Bureau of Foreign and Ilomesllc Cominerc^'. may be obtained from 

 the Superintendent of Documents, Government rrlnling (Ifilce, Washing 

 tun. n. C, at 25 cents a copy. 



America's Restraining Influence 

 The London 7'iMilio- of Sipienihir is. In ^ni.iking of timber prices, 

 liarllcularly in regard to sliliumnls fnmi Sweden, says that attempts to 



advance prices rai>idly which have I n made by certain sellers have not 



met with any success, and II Is now generally conceded that the right 

 course was taken ; the competlllon from .\merlca has been the reslralning 

 feature, and If the Swedish shljipers had been loo grasping they would 

 have thrown more of the trade Into the bands of their competitors on the 

 other side of tb" Allnnllc. 



H ardwood l^ews ISlotes 



=■< MISCELLANEOUS >■= 



i'tie .Mai en I liiii'u 'Mill l.uiiil'ei I iiiji|ijiii\ ti.i.' u.'.'ii im 111 i.ijtal' il al .Maroli, 

 C.i.. With a caidtal ^toik of !!;25.O0O. 



The Wolf Itlvi-r Lumber (.'oinpai).\. .^iillgo. Wis., has suffered a- loss 

 by Are. 



The Moiiogran Il.irdwiod Company :il Mi>ntgoincr.v, ,Ma.. has gone out 



of business. 



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