May 10. I") I 8 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



olIUtTH: rr.-l.l.iH. U. I,. Jur.lrii, Mi'iiiiilil-. ; vl..- i.r. »l.l. iil. .1. N. riiiii.il. 



KniiKim City: trciisuriT, (1. K. Junli'ii, MiMiipliI-. : rfliiry. K. V. Siiyd.T, 



Mi-iii|iIiIk. ThiiMc In cluirp' <if Iln' <«iiiTiitloii» iiri' I., II. Ki'hhIit, hH|»tIii 

 toii.l.-iit of thi- v.ii.'.T |>riMlu«tli.ii. unci N. I,. S.iM.m, MuiKTlnt.ii.l.'iit "f 111. 

 luiiiliiT ■■iM'riilliiii. A. W. lllHhi>|i Kii|i)-rliiti-iiil'i ilir IokkIhk i>|)iTiitli>ii« "I 

 P.nJ.ir. 



Mr. Jiiril<-ii. who Ik aUi. vl<'<' |ir<'s|i|,'ii( of Hi.- l-iiiroil Wiiliiiit & Vi-uwr 

 < ..iiiimny. Kjiii->iik Clly. iiiiil pri'Kl.liiit of II. .\. .Mc (■•.»'<» Jc Co. nf .M<-iii|ihlK. 



III.- |irf«l.liiiiy of III., ni'wiy foriii...! .Xiii.T.liiii llanlwood .\liiinifiii-tun.r» 

 \-HO<'liiiloii, ivllli lu'iKliiuiiriiTK III .M.'iiiiilils. II wiis liii-Kcly tliriiiiKli IiIk 



ii..rtB tlmt tl Ilk tiiaiiiifiK'lui'iTN wcr.. iililr lo Kcciiri. Much a favoralili 



■ .irhiK In llii'lr i-oiitroviTsy with llif vchlili. Inii'ri'HtH. 

 I'hi. I'rnr.Sl, .Iiirili'ii & .M<Cow..n .niiiimny has l..'cn rl.-vi.|o|)liii,' It" .iil 

 ..t.r inn. Is as ra|il.lly a> p.!-.-.!!.!... It h„- |.ul Int.. . iilihii II..11 IhU -iirini: 



nli.iiit -liiii a<'n'.< anil in ildi rentcil a sulistiintial area adjoining its hold- 

 ings at Pcnjur for $18 per acre cash rental. An Idea of the character of 

 the land can lie (jotten from the fact that the average crop of long staple 



..tton produced In the immediate vicinity was from three-quarters to one 

 lie per acre, and the average price of that cotton was from 30 to 35 



■ iit.i a pound, or a revenue of $1."0 to $'JOl) per acre. Alfalfa in these 

 ili-itricts produces four to flvc cuttings per year, with an average yield 

 i..r eaih crop of a ton lo a ton and a half per acre, or six tons per acre 

 fi.r the entire season. This crop sells now for about ?32 per ton, f. 0. 1). 

 shipping point. Corn produces from DO to SO bushels to an acre In thi< 



;:ioii. while 



They ar< 

 uch ever: 

 cod, and 



lands In thai 

 thout Improv 



iiity have sold 



high 



$<:-, 



No Veneer Ships as Yet 



aking ships, or proposing to make ships, of p 

 aterial that can can be thought of from ste 

 -I wood to cement; but it seems that no one ha 



sion IS rather surprising, for it is well known that a box made of 

 superimposed veneer sheets is much stronger than one of solid 

 wood of equal weight or thickness. Probably the glue problem 

 presents difficulties. Glue might not hold if perpetually wet. 

 However, there is such a thing as waterproof glue, or there is 

 claimed to be. But didn't Robinsoe Crusoe make a boat with 

 wood and glue? 



>roposed to build ships of veneer, with sheet glued upon she 



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SKIOIlint IN .VCTIO.V 



