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15. Half barrel staves, 23 in., 23! in. or 24 in., 3^ in. to the stave, or 175 in. to the 

 bundle of 50 staves. 



16. Keg staves to measure 160 in. to the bundle of 50 staves. 



17. All staves shall be thoroughly air dried before jointing and shall be measured 

 across the center of the bilge. Unless otherwise specified, it will be presumed that 

 staves are to be air dried. 



18. No. i white ash staves shall be of uniform thickness, smoothly cut, free from 

 knots, slanting shakes, dozy timber, worm holes, stains or mold of any kind which 

 makes the stave unfit for use in the manufacture of No. i butter tubs and to average 

 not less than 85 per cent white. 



19. No. 2 ash staves same specifications as No. 2 gum and elm. 



20. All ash staves shall be jointed with f-in. bilge unless otherwise specified. 



21. Mill run apple barrel staves, unless otherwise specified, shall be cut six staves 

 to 2 in. in thickness and shall consist of the run of the mill from the regular run of 

 stave logs. An average of not less than 60 per cent of the staves in each bundle 

 to be bright on the outside. At least 40 per cent of all staves to be No. i. Mold on 

 Xo. i staves no defect. All mill run apple barrel staves, unless otherwise specified, 

 shall be jointed with ^-in. bilge. 



22. Cement barrel and all other staves not specifically mentioned should be sold 

 according to the local custom or by special agreement. Same will apply as well to 

 bilge of such staves. 



Dead Cull Staves. 



23. Dead cull staves are staves containing knotholes of over i in. in diameter; 

 staves with large, coarse knots or badly cross-grained near quarter preventing staves 

 being tressed in barrels; staves under |-in. thick; staves with bad slanting shake ex- 

 ceeding 6 hi. in length, or with rot that seriously impairs strength. 



Hoops. 



24. Standard dimensions of coiled elm hoops, 5 ft. 6 in. and longer, to be, when 

 finished and seasoned, -f^X ^X if in. 



25. Dimensions of keg hoops, 5 ft. and shorter,may be TsX TgX ij in., or standard 

 dimensions, as provided in Section 24. 



26. No. i hoops shall be of good sound timber, up to specifications, well finished 

 and free from broken and other defective hoops, in the coil in excess of 3 per cent of 

 hoops over 5 ft. in length, 5 per cent of 5-ft. hoops and 8 per cent of hoops less than 

 5 ft. long, which are unfit for use on a barrel, and to be dry when shipped. 



Heading. 



27. No. i basswood, cottonwood or tupelo gum heading shall be manufactured 

 from good, sound timber, thoroughly kiln-dried, turned true to size, and shall be \ in. 

 thickness after being dressed on one side, and free from all defects making it unfit 

 for use in No. i barrels. Stain or discoloration or under side no defect. To be 

 jointed straight unless otherwise specified. 



28. No. i hardwood and red gum heading shall be of the same specifications as 

 in Paragraph 27, excepting that the thickness after being dressed shall be y^ in. 



29. Mill-run heading shall consist of the run of the saw from the regular run of 

 the heading bolts or logs, without any previous culling to select out the better grade, 



