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HARDWOOD RECORD 



LATF-ST IMPROVFD DRY KIl.NS AND MACHINERY 



MONOGRAM BRAND 



Moncr.n, Br«nd vVlillc OaK FloorinQ 



Prrfrclly drira »nd worUcd. V.ulc fi..m 

 our o»ii t.iiibor iroiii mu- nmiTidary, insur- 

 ing uniform color and texture; manufac- 

 tured at our new hardwood flooring plant. 



Our Specialty: 

 Quarter-sawed White Oak Flooring 



OAK FLOORINGYour imu 



<•»: S- .in 

 I lolicitoJ. 



VI;LL«W I'OPLAK lumber CO., C«al flrove, Ohio 



Kentucky Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS 



PUPLAR, PLAIN AND (J'-'-^R- 

 TERED OAK, RED AND SAP 

 GUM. CHESTNUT, HEMLlCK 



ROKill AND DRKSSED 



Mil. I.? AT 



Burniide, Ky. William»burg. Ky. 



SulUgent, Ala. 



606 Security Tru«t BIdg. 

 LEXINGTON, KY. 



Bluestone Land & Lumber Company 



MANUFACTCBERS 



WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 

 Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock 



Biind Sawed S.ork RIDGWAY 



PENNSYLVANIA 



COLFAX HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. 



GUM 



age widths and high pcrcei 



ruKi:i;s 

 CYPRESS 



ured. carefully graJfd. good aver- 

 ge of 14 and 10 ft. lengths. 



COLFAX, LA. Inquirim dmired 



Dermott Land and Lumber Company 

 DERMOTT, ARK. 



l>«iiy. IlalfKVllli", lud. ; Amorlcan CuiOioo Clock Conipaoy, I'bliaddpbla : 

 .Vmi-rlraD t'bnlr Manufacturinc Compaox. IlalUtcad, Pa. : Ik-rkcy k Oaj 

 Kurnlliin- Company, tirand Kaplda, Mlrh ; Kalry .MnntiraclurlnK Com 

 piiiiy. iiwoMo, .MIrli. : (Ipilililwr riil>ln<-t Makrm <'<im|inny, SluriiU, MIrb. : 

 lliiK'kn nirnllun* (.'oinpnny, (ioabpii. Ind. ; linp<Tlnl Kurnlliirp Oonipany. 

 .I'lliiiaiin Fiirnlturp Coinpniiy, Ni'lwin Maltvr Comiiany. I'hornix KiiriiKuri" 

 r,iiii|iniiy, Sllcb l''iirnliiir<' ('•uiipany, John Wlilillromli Piirnllun- <'om 

 imny niul Ihr Whl<ll<-<>iiili I'lirnlluri' Company. <irnnd Unpli]> : l>. T. Owon 

 I'liinimny, Cli'vi'lnnd : IVni. lud., Cbalr Compiiny : Sinr I'urnliiiro Com- 

 I'liiiy. Jnmi'Hiiiwn, N. V. : Tliompnon .Mniiuriiilurlni: I'cniipnny. Ilollaod, 

 Midi.: I'lli'll Wiirkn. liiilliinnpullH, and Wiirnn, I'n . I'urnliiirp Company. 



U. S. Small Tool Handle BpeclficatlotiB 



■rill- Niivy iM'iiiirliiK'iit lina pulill»hi'd npirllloiitliinh on which It will pur- 

 I hiihr .sniiill (citil hanUli-H, and It Is Huld thnt tht.' Iiiinillc mnnufncturiTs nD- 

 pli'iiMil with the chnnKi'H made. 'IIk- tpndinry Is to gi't away from old- 

 iliiii' Iliad Ici'K which t'xcludcd much wood without n^iiton. It has hwn 

 loiii; known thnt name of the government apecllkiitlonK for varloua aupplleH 

 w.ii- wasierul iind In n measure Impractlcnl, l>einu«o they were banded 

 down from former tlineii when conditlouH were dilTereut from those of 

 the present day. 



The following sppclflenlloDB nrc for nninll hickory handles : 



mlxe<I color, 



tbow not more Iban 10 rlnsH annual 



I thnt Is Kound hickory ex- 



liriiHlineHh, dote and cross 



f the conKlKninent or leas 



vood and 1( 

 jwlh per "i, Inch. All handles t 

 Ides nil defects: checks, knots. ■ 



1 — One ',i-lnch sand knot or two Knots together not ex<-eedlnK n "4 -Inch 

 kihil located within n distance from the head of not more than one-third 

 till' length of the handle. 



•-'- -Small snnd bird pe"ks togpther not exceeding In ibe area of a Vi-lnch 

 knot located v.lthln a distance Irom the bead of not more than one-tbird the 

 length of the handle. 



It Is understood thnt ppocincntlons for long bandies will follow In a 

 short time. It Is an encouraging sign when the government bcglni to 

 practice conservation after preaching it so long. Mucli hickory will be 

 saved from the scrap heap or the low grades by the new speclflciitlons. 



World Timber Trade's Directory 



A directory of the timber trades throughout the world has been Issued 

 by the London Timber TraiIcK .Journal, 8 raternosier How, I>ondon, Eng. 

 It is a book of 4.10 pages, and sells nt tl.SO. It is a work of great value 

 to exporters and Importers of lumber or other forest products. It covers 

 the whole world, where there Is wood to sell or bu.vers in the market. It 

 not only lists dealers by cities and countries, hut In many cases their 

 specialties and refpilrements are shown. The work is evidently up to date, 

 because It gives a list of firms which make a specialty of aeroplane lum- 

 ber. .\bout the only part of the world not Included Is the Antarctic region. 

 Timber Concessions in the Philippines 



While there are 200.00U.OOO.(KIO iVet of meicbaniahle Umber standing on 

 the 00,000 square Biiles of I'blllppine publie forests. In lOl.'i there were 

 milled the small total of 80,000,0(10 feet, of which less than onc-clghlb was 

 exported. Major .\hern, the Insular director of forestry, believes there is 

 nn export market awaiting the establishment of milling enterprises, which 

 would take 300,000,000 feet yearly, mainly of four woods, luuon, apltong, 

 guljo and yacal. The.se trees grow to good size, a large number arc found 

 on a limited urea, and their extraction affords an attractive enterprise for 

 a modern logging and milling operation. 



These public forest lauds In the Pblllpplnes are not sold but arc devel- 

 oped und-.T a license sjstem. Yearly licenses are ordinarily given small 

 operators for limited areas. The larger tracts are offered In the form of 

 twenty-year exclusive lltenses, which provide for the removal of timber 

 and minor forest products without affecting the title to the land. 



At present eleven such exclusive licenses, iiopulorly called concessions, 

 are in operation, representing .\mcrlcun, British, Chinese, German, Spanish 

 and Filipino capital. A recent Umber concession was granted to a Chinese 

 company that will find no d4fflcuUy In disposing of Its producU through 

 its connections in China, while the British and German Interests Ond their 

 markets for rhtlipplne woods in India and Europe ns well as in China. 



The forestry bureau now has available a number of tracts ranging In 

 size from thlrty-flve to three hundred square miles, with one or two of 

 much larger size, nwaiUng applications. 



A person considering such an Investment is afforded every opportunity 

 for investigation. The bureau of forestry desires each applicant or bis 

 authorized representative to visit the tract personally in company with 

 one of the foresters, or that he have an experienced lumberman do so. 

 In order that he ncay sec the stand of Umber, the facilities for haulage 

 and transportation, the location of mill sites and ascertain for himself the 

 local labor supply. 



The concessions themsclTes cost nothing, the charges being in the form 

 of stumpagc fees, payable upon removal of the product ond running from 

 SI. 00 to ?5.00 per thousand feet. When an application, complying at 

 least with the minimum requirements as to the size of the mill and the 

 annual output, has been received, the tract is advertised for a period of 

 four months. In awarding the concession preference is given to the bidder 

 offering to install the most complete and effective plant and giving the 

 best security for performance. 



An important consideration is sufficient capital to Install machinery 

 capable of handling the large hardwood logs, for which some of the earlier 

 plants proved hardly adequate, and to permit a proper seasoning of the 



