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out. Its kerf allowance is really y\-inch when the boards are cut 

 plump to allow for shrinkage, as is always done. The test proved 

 very satisfactory for the International ^ Rule. The total scale 

 given the 403 logs sawn was 82,920 feet, board measure, as com- 

 pared with a product of 83,288 feet measured after manufacture, an 

 over-run of the scale of four-tenths of one per cent. It will be 

 noted that the scale proved equally satisfactory for small and large 

 logs. 



JuDsoN F. Clark. 



