SHINGLES AND SHAKES 



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Economy. 



Dimensions, 4, 5 and 6 in. each width separately bunched, admitting sap and 

 sound knots, may have slight peck 5 in. from butts, imperfections on points no 

 objection and admitting 14 in. shingles. 



Clippers. 



All shingles below the above grades which are sound for 5 in. from the butts, worm 

 holes and slight peck excepted, random widths 2\ in. and wider. 



The count of the manufacture of these shingles, of all grades, is based on 4000 

 lineal inches in width, making 1000 standard shingles, consequently there would be 

 only 667 6-in. shingles packed and counted as 1000 standard shingles; 5 in. dimensions 

 being counted in like proportion. 



In making reinspection of shingles, one bundle out of twenty bundles, taken at 

 random, shall be cut open, the results of this investigation to form the basis of arriving 

 at the grade of the entire shipment. 



The following table 1 shows the average selling prices of the two prin- 

 cipal grades of western red cedar shingles. These two grades make up 

 approximately 95 per cent of all western red cedar shingles made. 



1 Taken from the " West Coast Lumberman," Seattle, as published in several issues. 



