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sylvania coal region and the mines of southern Illinois, Indiana, Mis- 

 souri and Alabama. 



Some of the cores of the more valuable species are reinserted in special 

 lathes, and veneers are cut off down to a 3-in. core, which is then used for a 

 variety of purposes. Black walnut and Circassian walnut are very fre- 

 quently sold to manufacturers of shotguns, pistols, rifles, etc., for gun 

 stocks. 



Photograph by .\eliun C. Bruicn. 



FIG. 23. Sawing up the cores left after making rotary veneers at the Weed Lumber Co., 

 Weed, California. They are used for box boards and crating stock. 



Other miscellaneous uses for cores are fence posts, bowling pins (hi 

 the case of hard maple), heading for slack cooperage, cheese boxes and 

 heading and bottoms for fruit and vegetable baskets. 



GRADING RULES 



Rules for the measurement and inspection of quartered oak veneer, sawed and 

 sliced: 



Measurement. 



Tape measure shall be the standard measurement in all thicknesses, and the width 

 shall be taped midway of the flitch. 



In computing the feet in a flitch the actual length of the flitch shall be used. 



