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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Treasurer's Report. 



HECCIPTS. 



Cash on hand September. 1906, meet- 

 ing $ 112.01 



Sale of books of grading rules 2.90 



Membership fees 6.00 



Annual dues 1907 283.00 



F. H. Pardee, refund one-half expenses 



to Norfolk meeting 39.30 



Special assessment 638.00 



,l;i,083.21 



DISBURSEMENTS, 



Stationery and printing $ 26.17 



Stamps 23.00 



National Lumber Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation 1907 dues 100.00 



Salary of secretary 120.00 



Expenses of delegates and committees. . 311.64 

 Balance on hand. First National bank, 



Marshfield 502.40 



$1,083.21 



BEEBEE, SECRETARY AND TREAS- 

 URER. 



E. J. YOUNG, DIRECTOR. 



Meeting Wagon JManufacturers^ 

 Association 



There was a special meeting of tlie Na- 

 tional Wagon Manufacturers' Association 

 held at Chicago, Thursday, September 19, to 

 standardize sizes of rough dimensions for 

 wagon stock, and to make recommendations 

 on grading and inspection rules for this 

 material. What was accomplished at this 

 meeting can best be told in the following 

 communication written by E. W. McCul- 

 lough, secretary of the association, which 

 he very kindly supplies at the request of 

 the Hakdwooi) Record. 



Standard Dimeusious. 



Heretofore the cutting of wagon material 

 has been done almost altogether on special 

 order, owing to the varied specifications of 

 the wagon manufacturers. Few mills have 

 dared to accumulate stock on hand or hold 

 it for tlio better price it would bring when 

 seasoned because of there being no uni- 

 formity (if requirements. Serious delays 

 were frequent, annoying to- mill and wagon 

 manufacturers alike — so our association, 

 representative of the farm wagon industry 

 of this country, has spared neither time nor 

 expense in endeavoring to reduce the va- 

 rious requirements of its members to the 

 smallest number of sizes on common parts 

 as axles, poles, bolsters, sand boards, 

 reaches, sawed felloes, eveners, etc. This 

 will require sacrifice on the part of some. 



but it establishes sizes that will be as stand- 

 ard as plank with the largest number of 

 wagon manufacturers and will be salable 

 everywhere. The millman, therefore, can 

 safely cut and pile up when it suits his 

 pleasure wagonstock of these dimensions 

 and feel perfectly sure of a market for it. 



Grading and Inspection. 



Perhaps nothing in the dealings of mills 

 with wagon manufacturers has caused more 

 annoyance and trouble than the varied 

 views as to what constituted good wagon 

 materials and what should be rejected as 

 unfit for this purpose. 



Realizing that timber is a product of 

 growth, and no two pieces entirely the same, 

 wholly dirt'erent from any class of manufac- 

 tured product, the wagon manufacturers, 

 fully appreciate the dlflSculties in laying 

 down rules for grading and inspection of 

 this class of materials, but those that they 

 have recommended — and they are willing to 

 confer with the proper representatives of 

 the hardwood manufacturing interests — are 

 given below, and are believed to be fair and 

 equitable to producer and consumer alike, 

 and, furthermore, cover only what is abso- 

 lutely required in materials for the manu- 

 facture of the highest grades of wagons. 



It is true that in the past jiroducers of 



materials, organized into associations, have 

 endeavored to formulate similar rules, but 

 it has been found that those so promul- 

 gated are incomplete and are not fairly rep- 

 resentative of the requirements of either 

 producer or consumer of these materials; 

 therefore, it is hoped that, as these rules 

 will be reviewed by committees represent- 

 ing the producers as well as the wagon man- 

 ufacturers, the outcome will be to the great- 

 est satisfaction of all. 



G-rades and Standard Sizes. 



AXLES. 



To be from good, tough, straight grained 

 black or shell-bark hickory, free from rot. knots, 

 splits, hearts, heart rings, shakes, worm holes, 

 bird pecks and wane. Bright sap no objection. 

 If any of the foregoing defects can be cut out 

 so as to reduce to a smaller size used by the 

 buyer, it shall be so inspected. 



Sizes: 2%"x3%"— -6'; 3"x4"— 6' ; 3V4"x4^" 

 — 0' : 3Vi "x4 V, "—6' ; 3 % "x4 % "—&' ; 4"x3"— 

 6' ; 4"x5 V4 "— 6' ; 4 14 "xo % "—6' : 4 V, "x5 'A " — 

 6'; 5"x6" — 6'; Si/o-'xeVa"— 6' ; 6"x7"— 6'. 



BOLSTERS. 



To be good, tough, straight grained hickory 

 or oak (white, red or burr oak only), suitable 

 for wagon material, free from knots, hearts, 

 cracks, checks, splits, worm holes and wane. 

 Bright sap no objection. If any of the fore- 

 going defects can be cut out so as to reduce to 

 a smaller size used by the buyer, it shall be so 

 inspected. 



Sizes: 3x4; 3x4 V^ ; 3x5; 3x7: 314x4%; 

 31/4x5; 31/2x41/1,; 3%x4% : 3%x5y2 ; 4x5; 4x6. 



Lengths : 4'1" and 4'6" or multiples. 



REACHES. 



To be straight and from good, tough, straight 

 grained hickory or oak (while, red or burr oak 

 only), s\iitable for wagon material, free from 

 knots, hearts, cracks, splits, worm holes, bird 

 pocks and wane. 



Sizes: 2"x4"— 8' and 10'; 2"x4y/'. 214 "x 

 4ii", 214 "x4M!", 2yj"x5" — 10', 12' and 14'. 



POLES. 



To be straight and from good, tough, straight 

 grained ash or oak (white, red or burr oak 

 only), suitable for wagon material, free from 

 knots, hearts, cracks, checks, splits, worm holes, 

 bird pecks and wane. 



Sizes: 21/2x4x4x4—12'; 2i/2x4%x4i/2x4y2 — 

 12'; 21/2x21/2x21^x5—12'; 2%x2%x2?ix5— 12' ; 

 SxSxSx.l— 12' ; 314x314x314x5 — 12'. 



SAND BOARDS. 



To be from good, tough, straight grained 

 hickory or oak (white, red or burr oak 

 only), suitable for wagon material, free from 

 knots, "hearts, cracks, checks, splits, worm lioles 

 and wane. Bright sap no objection. If any 

 of the foregoing defects can be cut out so as to 

 reduce to a smaller size used by the buyer, it 

 shall be so inspected. 



Sizes: 2%x3y2 ; 3x3% ; 3x4; ,3^x3% ; S^x 

 4; 31/2x41/2; 4x5. 



Lengths : 4'1" and 4'6" or multiples. 



EVENERS. 



To be from good, tough, straight grained 

 black or shell-bark hickory, free from rot, knots, 

 splits, hearts, heart rings, shakes, worm holes, 

 bird pecks and wane. Bright sap no objection. 

 If any of the foregoing detects can be cut out 

 so as to reduce to a smaller size used by the 

 buyer, it shall be so inspected. 



Lengths: 2x4 and 2x4ii, 4' 2"; 214x41/. 

 and 214x5, 4' 6". 



SAWED FELLOES. 



Sound white, red or burr oak, free from knots, 

 checks, sap and all other defects, cut full sizes 

 and proper circles. Twenty-six pieces to set. 



Sizes: l%x2% : 2x2% : 2^2X2% : 2%x2% ; 

 314x2%; 2y4x3; 2%x3; 3y4x3: 4y2x3. 



Circles: 3' and 3' 8" ; 3' 4" and 4'; 3' 8" 

 and 4' 4". 



