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Specifications and prices 34 



Logging and production of poles and piles 



General considerations 3 10 



Stumpage values 



Felling and peeling 



Skidding 34 



Hauling and other forms of transportation 3 J 4 



Yarding, seasoning and shipping 



Summary of costs 



Length of sen-ice untreated 



The preservative treatment of poles and piling 



Substitutes for poles and piling 3 2 5 



CHAPTER XIV. POSTS 326 



CHAPTER XV. MINE TIMBERS 



General 33 



Kinds and amounts of woods used 33 1 



Specifications and prices 333 



CHAPTER XVI. FUELWOOD 



General 336 



Amount used 337 



Sources of supply 34 



Fuel values 34 1 



Principal markets 344 



Amount of solid wood per cord 344 



Cutting, hauling and delivering to market 345 



Prices. . 348 



CHAPTER XVH. SHINGLES AND SHAKES 



History 35' 



Qualifications of shingle woods 352 



Annual production 353 



Raw material 354 



Shingle machines 356 



Manufacture of shingles 358 



Specifications and grading rules 360 



The laying of shingles 364 



Packing and shipping ^ . . 365 



Shingle substitutes 367 



Durability and prevention of decay 368 



Shake making 370 



