486 I'oicstiy Quaitoiy. 



substitutes, other than veneers of the cedar, make a cheaper 

 looking package, and the dealer knows that the cigar will be 

 judged to a considerable extent by the box in which it is packed. 

 The principal substitutes are veneers of the cedar or basswood 

 or gum, basswood stained without veneering, or covered with 

 paper printed to resemble the grain of cedar. Many combina- 

 tions are used. One box may have a solid Spanish cedar top ; 

 the sides of gum stained on the inside and veneered with cedar 

 on the outside ; the ends unstained gum but veneered with cedar 

 on the outside; the bottom of soft elm stained a cedar color. 

 Most of the material is re-sawed to ^ or 3/16 inch thickness. 

 The cedar veneer is cut i/ioo to 1/40 inch thick. 



American Lumberman, November, 1912. 



The figures below are taken from data 

 Weights given in Service Circular 213 for the first 



of column ; from the official estimated 



Lumber. weights of air-dry lumber as published 



by the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation of the United States for column 2 ; from similar official 

 estimated weights both dry and green as published by the Na- 

 tional Hardwood Manufacturers' Association for columns 3 and 

 4 except the figure for white pine in column 4 which was taken 

 from Forest Service Circular 213. 



Weight per M Feet. 



Absolutely Air-dry Air-dry Green 

 dry 



Beech 3476 lbs. 4000 4000 5750 



Birch 3435 4000 4000 5500 



Hard Maple 3341 4000 3300 5400 



Soft Maple 3222 3000 3300 5000 



White Pine ..2032 2400 2500 3535 



American Lumberman, April, 1913. 



A number of problems concerning hard- 



Hardwood wood distillation are suggested by Dr. L. 



Distillation. F. Hawley in a pamphlet issued by Arthur 



D. Little, Inc., chemists and engineers, 



Boston, Mass. The questions deal with the value of different 



