LOBLOLLY OR NORTH CAROLINA PINE. 



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Firm redheart admits pieces containing any amount of firm redheart 

 wliicli can not be classed as No. 1, 2, 3, or 4. (Plate XIII, E.) 



Nos. 1 and 2 hark strips consist of edging lumber faced with bark on 

 one side and shall not show less than Vo inch of wood on both edges from 

 end to end of piece, and shall otherwise equal the grades of ISTos. 1 and 2 

 lumber. 



Box harh strip. This grade consists of bark strips falling below No. 

 1 and No. 2 bark strip. (Plate XIII, F.) 



Table 45. — Per Cent op Different Grades op North Carolina Pine Lumber Sawed from 

 Grade One Logs op Loblolly Pine op Different Diameters. 



Logs 16.3 feet long, perfect, sound, usually from the lower part of stem, free from knot signs, with 

 smooth bark and fine-grained centers. Boards 1 1-16 inch thick, band-sawed, kerf 1-7 inch. 



