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species, yielding an extract much used in the 

 United States for tanning high-grade leathers. 

 To all appearances the supply of Quebracho is 

 inexhaustible. It is claimed an average acre 

 will yield two tons of the wood. 



The tree never grows in pure stands, but is 

 scattered through open forests of many species. 

 It usually attains a height of from fifty to 

 seventy feet, and a diameter of from two to four 

 feet. 



The heart-wood of the tree is one of the hard- 

 est, heaviest and most durable woods known. 

 Highly tempered tools are required to work 

 even the green young wood. As an evidence of 

 weight, nine Quebracho ties of the size used in 

 Argentina, weigh a ton. The principal value of 

 the wood lies in its tannin. 



Quebracho wood and extracts are the leading 

 exports of Argentina, and since the beginning of 

 the exportation of these commodities in 1888, 

 the trade into the United States has increased 

 steadily. In 1910 thirty-eight per cent of the 

 tannin material used in the United States was 

 from the Quebracho. 



Aside from its use in the production of tannin, 

 the wood serves a useful purpose in making 

 cross ties, and a great many other articles in 

 which strength, toughness and durability are 

 required. In fact it is used for more purposes 

 than any other wood of Argentina. 



Some Large Live Oak Trees 



It is claimed that near Charleston, S. C. 

 stand the largest live oak trees in the world. 

 The largest of these has a circumference of 36 

 feet 6 inches, and a spread of crown of 126 feet. 

 The age of the tree is impossible to compute. 



At the same place there is another tree 27 

 feet in circumference. Another tree in the same 

 state has a circumference of 25 feet and a 

 spread of 125 feet. These dimensions are jnuch 

 greater than the dimensions of the famous old 

 English oaks. 



Forests of French Gaboon 

 In an article in the Timber Trades .lournal of 

 England, it is stated that Gaboon, of all the 

 French colonies, is the most favored as regards 

 forest growth. It contains a great variety of 

 • species, and has the advantage of having a quan- 

 tity of its wooded area in proximity to the 

 coast. If all this forest were exploited syste- 

 matically, one could keep within bounds by 

 felling the trees on an average of every fifty 

 years. 



The exploitation of forests has not proceeded 

 with any great degree of system. The woods 

 most important, as far as exports are concerned, 

 are mahogany, redwood, okoume and ebony. The 

 total exports for 1010 aggregate 58,S44 tons. 



There are common characteristics of the dif- 

 ferent groups of woods growing in Gaboon that 

 make them clearly definable. Most of them 

 have their veins running directly to the fibers 

 of the tree, clearly marked and decisive, darker 

 in the heart and varying from yellow to very 

 light pink, hut in some instances groups of fibers 

 are found running in the opposite direction. 

 Consequently special effort is required to polish 

 these woods. The wood is rarely figured, or has 

 any indication of design in it. They are gen- 

 erally tough but light. 



Statistics from Nashville 

 It is authoritatively announced at Nashville, 

 Tcnn., that the capital and investment in the 

 Nashville lumber business aggregates .?4, 795.000, 

 and that Nashville concerns do an annual busi- 

 ness of 15.800 cars of lumber valued at $10,- 

 145,000. The approximate amount of lumber 

 on hand at present is 125,000,000 feet while the 

 annual amount handled in and out is 450,000,000 

 feet. Nashville factories consume about 100,- 

 000,000 feet of lumber. Its plants produce more 

 than the combined output of all factories south 

 of the Ohio river. Tennessee hardwoods form 

 the bulk of lumber consumed In the Nashville 

 market. This city handles practically the world's 



supply of red cedar, and is one of the greatest 

 markets for chestnut. Thirty-flve per cent of 

 the area of Tennessee is still covered by forests 

 and this fact, combined with the excellent 

 facilities for rafting logs on the Cumberland 

 river, helps to give Nashville its prestige. It 

 is estimated that along the banks of the Cum- 

 berland there are still 1,570,000 acres of mer- 

 chantable timber running to oak, hickory, ash, 

 poplar, walnut, chestnut and cedar. The lum- 

 ber, stave and handle traffic into Nashville is 

 an important feature of the upper river steam- 

 boat business. 



Wesley W. Whieldon 



On May 31 Wesley W. Whieldon. promiuent 

 in hardwood circles, died at Huntington. W. Va , 

 and was interred several days later at Fredonia, 

 Pa. Mr. Whieldon was fifty-three years old on 

 the day of his death. 



The deceased had been prominently identified 

 with hardwood interests for a great many years. 

 He was connected with the Buffalo Hardwood 

 Lumber Compan.v. having built its sawmill at 

 Fitzhugh, Miss., about fifteen .vears ago. He 

 was vice-president of the Eureka Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Company at Beeton. Ark., in which concern 

 the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company is in- 

 terested. For the past four years he has been 

 general manager of the Dimension Lumber Com- 

 pany at Catlettsburg. Ky. 



About ten years ago Mr. Whieldon was sur- 

 veyor general for the National Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Association. He was a man of high purpose, 

 and was held in high esteem by members of the 

 trade. He was an active church worker. He is 

 survived by his wife, a son seventeen years old 

 and a daughter fourteen years of age. 



Eohert B. Wheeler 



Robert B. Wheeler of R. B. Wheeler & Co., 

 ime of the most respected and best known lum- 

 men of Philadelphia, Pa., died June 19 at his 

 residence in Wilmington, Del., after an illness 

 that has been more or less marked for a year. 

 His death will be keenly felt by every lumber- 



in advertising in the form of a pocket comput- 

 ing table, calculating freight rates per thousand 

 feet on hardwood lumber of different thicknesses. 

 The table is composed of a cardboard sheet, con- 

 taining the freight rates and the weights per 

 thousand feet, which slides through a celluloid 

 cover with a slot along which are shown the 

 various thicknesses. In this way it is possible, 

 by sliding the scale, to tell the exact rate and 

 weight of various thicknesses of lumber. It is 

 an extremely clever computation, and one that 

 is of a decidedly useful character. 



A Useful Institution 



The latest catalogue of Wyman's School of 

 the Woods, a forestry school of practical pur- 

 pose, conducted at Munising, Mich., has just 

 been received. The catalogue gives in detail 

 the curriculum, and the opportunity for prac- 

 tical work afforded students of this school. It 

 is one of the few forestry schools in the country 

 combining with a thorough theoretical training, 

 sufficient practical work to adequately fit the 

 graduates for active service. 



An Innovation in Flaners 



The H. B. Smith Machine Company, Smith- 

 ville, N. J., has met with marked success in 

 marketing its bench hand planer and joiner No. 

 85-A. This machine is especially designed to 

 meet the . demand for small low-priced hand 

 planers or joiners, and can be relied upon to give 

 thoroughly satisfactory results on small work. 



The general construction is of the usual high 

 character turned out by the Smith company, and 

 the machine contains a number of special fea- 

 tures of merit. The tables have a horizontal 

 movement to and from the cutter head for pro- 

 tecting cutters, besides a vertical adjustment for 

 depth of cut. ITie guide is provided similar to 

 the larger machines, tilting for beveled work, 

 and securely clamped in the required position. 

 The general character and special features of 

 the machine make it one which should be de- 

 cidedly advantageous to a concern doing this 

 Jass of work. 



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NO. 85— A BENCH HAND PLANER AND .TOINER MANUFAC- 

 TURED BY THE H. B. SMITH MACHINE COMPANY. 

 SMITHVILLE, N. J. 



man who came in contact with him, as he was a 

 man, whom to know was to love. He was always 

 the kindly courteous and perfect gentleman. He 

 was sixty-two years old and is survived by a 

 widow and one son R. C. Wheeler. Both have 

 the heartfelt sympathy of the lumber trade 

 throughout the country. 



Something Odd in Advertising 



The Lamb-Fish Lumber Company of Charles- 

 ton, Miss., has Just Issued a distinct novelty 



Meeting Memphis Lumbermen's Club 



The Lumhernieu's Club of Memphis, at its 

 meeting Saturday, .Tune 15. transacted very 

 little business. The meeting was well attended, 

 there being about flft.v-five members and vis- 

 itors present. The usual luncheon was served. 

 F. P.. Robertson was in the chair. 



Practically the only subject that came up for 

 consideration was that of joining the Memphis 

 Manufacturers' Association in the maintenance 

 of the traffic bureau established by the latter. 



