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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Under caption BAY POPLAR, sound disiolored 

 sap is no defect in the common grade. 



Red Gum. — 



Grades, widths, lengths and thickness stand- 

 ard. 



Seconds — Same as ash. 



Substitute for the present rule, which reads, 

 "In firsts and seconds pieces must have one red 

 face, etc.." the following: Firsts and seconds 

 pieces mjiy have one inch of bright sap on one 

 face and not to exceed one-fifth on the reverse 

 face in the aggregate. 



F. S. UNDERIIILL, PHILADELPHIA. 



^ No. 1 Common. — 



Eliminate the first paragraph in its entiret.v. 



Widths, 4 inches or over : lengths, ti to IH 

 feet. Pieces 4 inches wide, (i and 7 feet long, 

 must be clear red ; pieces 4 inches wide. S to 



11 feet long, must work two-thirds clear red 

 face in not over two pieces ; pieces 4 inches wide, 



12 feet or over long, must work two-thirds clear 

 red face in not over three pieces. No piece of 

 cutting to be considered which is less than two 

 feet long by full width of the piece ; pieces ."> 

 inches or over wide, 6 to 11 feet long, must 

 work two-thirds clear red face in not over two 

 pieces ; 12 feet or over long must work two- 

 thirds clear red face in not over three pieces. 



No piece of cutting to be considered which is 

 less than 4 Inches wide and 2 feet long or 3 

 inches wide and 3 feet long. 



Under caption SAP GUM. Sound discolored 

 sap is no defect. 



Under caption CHERRY. One inch of bright 

 sap is a standard defect. In No. 1 and No. 2 

 common there is no restriction as to heart. 



Under caption NOTE. Eliminate the last 

 sentence of Note, and substitute the following : 

 Gum spots are no defect in the No. 2 common 

 grade. 



Under caption CHESTNUT. 



Same rule applies as Bay Poplar excepting 

 wormy. Add under caption WORMY, the fol- 

 lowing : 



This grade to be the same as No. 1 common, 

 excepting that worm holes without limit are 

 considered no defect. 



Under caption ROCK ELM, HICKORY and 

 PECAN. 



In firsts and seconds change size of cuttings 

 and substitute the following : No piece of cut- 

 ting to be less than 4 inches wide by 4 feet 

 long. 



Under caption No. 1 Common, substitute the 

 following : No piece of cutting in the No. 1 

 common grade considered- which is less than 4 

 inches wide by 2 feet long or 3 inches wide by 

 3 feet long. 



Under caption HICKORY and PECAN. 



In No. 2 common change "clear cutting" to 

 "sound cutting." 



MEXICAN AND AFRICAN MAHOGANY. 



Grades — Firsts and seconds. No. 1 common, 

 No. 2 common, shorts and counters. 



Lengths — Two feet or over. 



Widths and Thickness — Standard. No re- 

 striction on amount of odd lengths. 



Firsts are 7 inches oi- over wide, 10 feet or 

 over long, and free from all defects, except that 

 pieces showing 12 feet or over surface meas- 

 ure may have one standard defect. 



Seconds — Six inches or over, S feet or over 

 long. 



Six feet of surface measure will admit one 

 standard defect or its equivalent ; SI feet of 

 surface measure will admit two standard de- 

 fects or their equivalent: 12 feet of surface 

 measure will admit three standard defects or 

 their equivalent : 16 feet of surface measure 

 will admit four standard defects or their equiva- 

 lent. 



Change caption from Common to No. 1 Com- 

 mon. 



No. 1 Common — Four inches or over wide, 

 8 feet or over long. 



Pieces 4 inches wide, 8, 9. 10 and 11 feet 

 long must work 75 per cent clear in not over 

 two pieces : 12 feet or over long must work 

 7.1 per cent clear in not over three pieces. No 

 piece of cutting to be less than 2 feet long by 

 the full width of the piece. Pieces 5 inches or 

 over wide, .s to 11 feet long, must work 7.u per 

 cent clear in not over two pieces ; 12 feet or 

 over long must work 75 per cent clear in not 

 over three pieces. No piece of cutting to be 

 considered that is less than 4 inches wide by 2 

 feet long, or 3 inches wide by 3 feet long. 



<'han2e term "Cull" to "No. 2 Common." 



Sliiirfs — Four inches or over wide, 2 to 7 

 feet long. 



Pieces 4 and 5 inches wide must be clear. 



I'ieces G inches or up 2 feet surface measure 

 \\ill admit one standard defect: 4 feet surface 

 measure, two standard defects: 5l^ feet surface 

 measure, three standard defects, and (S'/l! feet 

 surface measure, four standard defects. 



CUBAN MAHOGANY. 



i;i-:icles — Prime, selects, rejects, shorts and 



CHinliTS. 



Lengths — Two feet or over. 



CAPT. C. F. LIEBKE, ST. LOUIS. 



Widths — Three inches or over. 



Thicknesses — Three-eighths inch or over. 



Odd lengths are measured in mahogany. 



I'rime — .Must be 6 inches or over wide, 8 feet 

 or over long, with not to exceed 25 per cent of 

 8 and !> foot lengths. Pieces 6 or 7 inches wide 

 may have one standard detect or its equivalent. 

 I'ieces 8 or 9 inches wide may have two stand- 

 aid defects or their equivalent. Pieces 10 or 

 11 inches wide may have three standard defects 

 or their equivalent. Pieces 12 inches wide may 

 have four standard defects or their equivalent. 



Selects — Must be 4 inches or over wide, (i 

 feet or over long. Must work two-thirds clear 

 with no cutting less than 4 inches wide, 3 feet 

 long, or 3 inches wide, 4 feet long. 



Rejects — Are 3 inches or over wide. 6 feet 

 or over long, and will admit all lumber not up 

 to the grade of No. 1 common that will work 

 50 per cent clear. No piece of cutting in the 

 No. 2 common grade considered which is less 

 than 4 inches wide and 2 feet long, or 3 inches 

 wide and 3 feet long. 



Shorts — To be 3 inches or over wide, 2 to 7 

 feet long and must be firsts and seconds in 

 quality. Pieces 3, 4, 5 inches must be clear. 

 Pieces 6 inches and over wide to be graded 

 same as Prime. 



Counters — Are 12 to 40 feet long, IG to 24 

 inches wide. 



Clear Strips — Are 2% to 5i/, inches wide, 5 

 feet or over long. Clear of defects, one face 

 and two edges. 



Under caption PLAIN S.\WN RED AND 

 WHITE OAK. 



Firsts and Seconds — Standard defects are ad- 

 mitted in this grade according to surface meas- 

 ure, same as ash. 



No. 1 Common — Grade same as- bay poplar. 



Add grade of wormy, same as chestnut. 



Under caption QUARTER S.\WN RED .\XD 

 WHITE OAK. 



Firsts and Seconds — Standard defects are ad- 

 mitted in this grade according to surface meas- 

 ure, same as ash. 



No. 1 Common — Grading same as bay poplar. 



One inch of bright sap is no defect : each 

 additional 1 inch of bright sap must be con- 

 sidered as one standard defect. 



Add .Note — .\ll quarter sawn oak must show 

 figure on one face not less than BO per cent In 

 the aggregate. Eliminate last sentence of note : 

 "All quarter sawn oak must show figure on 

 one face." 



Fifteen per cent may be 1/10 inch scant on 

 heart edges, provided sap edge is full thickness. 



Under caption POPLAR. 



Lengths, widths and thicknesses standard. 



Grades — Firsts and seconds, sap. stained sap, 

 selects. No. 1 common, No. 2 common and No. 

 3 common. 



Firsts and Seconds — Eight to IG feet long. 



Firsts — Ten to IG feet long, 8 inches or over 

 wide. Pieces up to 13 foot surface measure 

 must be clear, excepting pieces 11 and 12 

 inches wide will allow- 2 inches of bright sap ; 



14 to IG feet surface measure will allow one 

 standard defect, or 2 inches of bright sap ; 17 

 feet or over surface measure will allow two 

 standard defects or 3 inches of bright sap. 



Seconds — Eight to IG feet long. G inches or 

 over wide : G and 7 inches wide must be clear, 

 8 and 9 inches wide may have 1 inch of bright 

 sap : 11 to 14 foot surface measure may have 

 three inches of bright sap and one standard 

 defect, or two standard defects, if there is no 

 sap: 15 to 20 foot surface measure may have 

 5 inches of bright sap and one standard de- 

 fect, or 3 inches of bright sap and tw(i stand- 

 ard defects, or three standard defects if there 



15 no sap : 21 foot or over surface measure may 

 have 5 inches of bright sap and two standard 

 defects, or 3 inches of bright sap and three 

 standard defects, or four standard defects if 

 there is no sap. 



Saps — Must he 5 inches or over wide. 8 to 



16 feet long. Pieces 5 to 8 inches wide must 

 be clear, excepting one straight split not ex- 

 (-eeding in length the width of the piece : 9 

 inches or over wide may have one standard 

 defect showing on one face. 



Stained Sap — Same as sap. excepting any 

 amount of sound discolored sap will be admitted. 



Selects — Six inches or over wide. 8 to IG feet 

 long, must grade firsts and seconds on one face. 

 The reverse face must not be below the grade 

 of No. 1 common. 



No. 1 Common — Five inches or over wide, S 

 to 16 feet long. Pieces 5 inches wide must 

 work two-thirds clear face in not over two 



.T. W. THOMPSON. MEMPHIS. 



pieces. No piece of cutting to be considered 

 that is less than 2 feet long by the full width 

 of the piece. Pieces 6 inches or over wide, 8 

 to 11 feet long, must work two-thirds clear face 

 in not over two pieces: 12 feet uv over long 

 must work two-thirds clear face in not over 

 three pieces. No piece of cutting considered 

 which is less than 4 inches wide by 2 feet long, 

 or 3 inches wide by 3 feet long. 



