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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Grades. 



The standard grades are firsts, seconds. No. 1 

 common, No. 2 common and No. 3 common. 



FIRSTS AND SECONDS. 



Firsts and seconds are combined as one grade. 



FIKSTS. 



Firsts shall be 7 inches and over wide, 10 

 feet and over long. Pieces 7 inches and over 

 wide up to 10 inches wide shall be free from all 

 defects; 10 inches to 13 inches will admit one 

 standard defect ; 13 inches to 15 inches wide 

 will admit two standard defects, and as widths 

 increase defects may increase in proportion. 



SECONDS. 



Seconds are 5 inches and over wide, S feet 

 and over long. Fieces 8 feet long, 5 inches to 8 

 inches wide, must be clear ; 8 inches and over 

 wide may have one standard defect. Pieces 10 

 feet and" over long, 5 inches to 8 inches wide, 

 will admit one standard defect ; 8 inches to 10 

 inches wide may have two standard defects : 

 10 inches to 13 inches wide will admit three 

 standard defects: 13 inches to 16 inches wide 

 may have four standard defects, and as widths 

 increase defects may increase in proportion. 

 This grade will admit not to exceed fifteen per 

 cent of 10 foot lengths and eight per cent of 

 8 foot lengths. 



no. 1 COMMON. 



Widths 3 inches and over, lengths 6 to 16 

 feet. Pieces 3 or 4 inches wide must have one 

 face clear and two 

 square edges. Pieces 

 6 feet long. 5 to 9 

 inches wide may 

 have one standard de- 

 fect; pieces 10 inches 

 and over wide may 

 have two standard de- 

 fects or their equiva- 

 lent. Pieces S or 10 

 feet long and 5 inches 

 or over wide must 

 work two-thirds clear 

 face in not over two 

 pieces. Pieces 12 feet 

 or over long and 5 

 inches or over wide 

 must work two-thirds 

 clear face in not over 

 three pieces. No piece 

 of cutting in No. 1 

 common grade con- 

 sidered which is less 

 than 4 inches wide 

 and 2 feet long, or 3 

 inches wide and 3 feet 

 long. 



MAPLE SQUARES. 



Firsts and seconds : Pieces 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 

 7x7 and SxS, 8 to 16 feet long, must grade firsts 

 and seconds on three sides and No. 1 common 

 on the heart side, same to be graded as firsts 

 and seconds. Common : All squares not up to 

 the grade of firsts and seconds that will cut two- 

 thirds of their lengths clear in 4 foot or shorter 

 pieces, that can be used for newells and short 

 turnings or will admit of stained sap without 

 limit if they have no more defects than would 

 go in a second or will admit of season checks 

 running full length ou two sides." 



WHITE MAPLE. 



Grades : No. 1 or two side and No. 2 or one 

 side. No. 1 or two side must grade the same 

 as regular firsts and seconds, except that both 

 sides and edges must be all white. No. 2 or one 

 side must grade the same as firsts and seconds 

 except that one side and two edges must be all 

 white. White maple is the sap of the maple log 

 and is end cured. 



BED BIRCH. 



Firsts and seconds red birch must be 5 inches 

 and over wide. Pieces 5 inches wide must be 

 one face all red : pieces 6 inches and over wide 

 must not be less than seventy-five per cent red 

 on one face. Otherwise red birch must be 

 graded by the rules of ordinary birch. 



no. 



COMMON. 



Widths 3 inches or 

 over, lengths 4 to 16 

 feet. Pieces 6. S or 

 10 feet long must 

 work fifty per cent 

 clear face in not over 

 three pieces. Pieces 

 12 feet or over long 

 must work fifty per 

 cent clear face in not 

 over four pieces. No 

 piece of cutting in 

 No. 2 common grade 

 considered which is 

 less than 3 inches 

 wide and 2 feet long. 



no.' 3 COMMON. 



Widths 3 inches and 

 over, lengths 4 feet and 



over. This grade must contain at least twenty- 

 five per cent sound cutting. 



STRIPS. 



Maple strips must be 3, 4, 5 or .6 inches wide, 

 4 to 16 feet long. Grades — clear, No. 1 com- 

 mon and No. 2 common. Clear strips must be 

 8 to 16 feet long and show one clear face and 

 two good edges. No. 1 common strips must be 

 6 to 16 feet long, not to exceed twenty per cent 

 shorter than 12 feet, and may have one stan- 

 dard defect showing on both faces. No. 2 com- 

 mon strips must be 4 feet or over long and 

 must work one-half clear face in not more than 

 three pieces. No piece of cutting to be less 

 than 2 feet in length. 



STEP PLANK. 



Grades — firsts and seconds and common. 

 Widths — 10 to 15 inches. Thicknesses — 1, H4, 

 1% and 2 inches. Lengths — 8 to 16 feet. Firsts 

 and seconds must be clear one face and one 

 edge. The reverse side and one edge must be 

 sound. Firsts and seconds may have a split 

 not exceeding 12 Inches ta length, excepting 8 

 foot pieces, which must be free from split. Com- 

 mons include all lumber below the grade of 

 firsts and seconds that will work two-thirds of 

 the length clear face, no cutting to be less than 

 4 feet long by the full width of the piece. 



PART OP THOSE PRESENT. TRAVERSE CITY MEETING MICHIGAN HARDWOOD MANUFAC- 

 TURERS' ASSOCIATION. 



After the reading of the rules on motion 

 they were adopted and considerable discus- 

 sion followed. President White stated that 

 it was the desire to take only deliberate ac- 

 tion and that therefore a motion to recon- 

 sider would be acceptable, if such was 

 the pleasure of the meeting. A motion was 

 then made and carried that the action be re- 

 considered. Charles A. Bigelow moved that 

 the rules for the inspection of birch, beech 

 and maple be taken as the official inspection 

 rules of the association. In the debate on 

 the subject D. H. Day said that he wanted 

 to know whether or not this bound the mem- 

 bers of the association when they returned 

 home to at once insist upon those rules when 

 they sold their lumber. Henry Ballou stated 

 that at the Mackinac meeting the grading 

 committee had been instructed to do some 



work during the recess, which was not done. 

 He also stated that he would present the fol- 

 lowing resolution when the motion then be- 

 fore the house had been disposed of: 



Resolved, That it is the present sense of this 

 meeting that the interests of the members of 

 this association will be better conserved by our 

 ultimately joining the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association of the United States and that proper 

 steps to accomplish that end be taken at our 

 next convention ; that the chair appoint a spe- 

 cial committee on grading rules to confer with 

 the grading committee of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association and see what can be done 

 toward the adoption of a uniform set of grading 

 rules covering the different kinds of hardwood 

 lumber produced in Michigan, this committee 

 to report at our next convention. 



Both the Bigelow motion and the Ballon 

 resolution were passed and Mr. Bigelow 

 moved that a sub-committee be appointed to 

 report at the next meeting of the associa- 

 tion a set of rules to cover basswood, ash, 

 oak, elm, cherry and other Michigan and 

 Wisconsin hardwoods. The motion was car- 

 ried. 



Charles A. Bigelow, 

 Henry Ballou and F. 

 A. Diggins were ap- 

 pointed to confer 

 with the grading 

 committee of the Na- 

 tional Hardwood 

 Lumber Association. 



Report of Executive 

 Committee. 



The report of the 

 Executive Committee 

 was read by Secre- 

 tary Odell, as fol- 

 lows: 



The report and 

 recommendation of 

 the Executive Com- 

 mitter was adopted. 



The Executive Com- 

 mittee reports that it 

 seems necessary, and 

 it has decided to em- 

 ploy a permanent sec- 

 retary who shall de- 

 vote all his time to 

 the work of the asso- 

 ciation and that as 

 soon as a basis for 

 assessment can be de- 

 termined an assess- 

 ment be levied to 

 meet this additional 

 expense, this assess- 

 ment not to exceed 

 the amount provided 

 for in the bylaws. 

 Secretary's Report of Stocks. 



The secretary read a statistical report of 

 sales and stocks on hand, as follows: 



SEVENTY-FOUR MANUFACTURERS REPORT. 



Stock 

 on han d. 



Ash 3.158,000 



Basswood 11.559,000 



Beech 17.714,000 



Birch 17.022.000 



Soft elm 11,341,000 



Rock elm 777.000 



Maple 36.020, 000 



Oak 1,263.000 



Totals 149,763,000 



FORTY-NINE MEMBERS REPORT. 



Stock 

 on hand. 



Ash 2.470,000 



Basswood 9.005,000 



Beech 15,339.000 



Birch 12.438.000 



Soft elm 9.89S.000 



Rock elm 720.000 



Maple 76,426.000 



Oak 561.000 



Totals 126,857,000 85,0457)00 



Unfilled 



orders. 



3,154,000 



7,312,000 



10,966,000 



8.347,000 



5,991.000 



705.000 



58.986,000 



536,000 



95,997,000 



Unfilled 



orders. 



2,817,000 



5,850,000 



9.489.000 



6,293,000 



5,525,000 



705,000 



54,001,000 



356,000 



