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that the retailer can develop a field worthy of his best efforts, and 

 at the same time benefit his customers by giving them something 

 better than they have ever used. 



I am not familiar with the class of stock usually sold for plank 

 floor purposes. I imagine, however, that it seldom runs over 2 

 inches in thickness. Let us figure the matter in a different way. 

 On a floor of 1,000 square yards there would be needed approx- 

 imately 19,000 feet B. M. of 2-inch flooring were plank used; on 

 the other hand, figuring on 2^-inch blocks (the lightest block 

 made for shop floors) there would be 24,500 feet B. M., and with 

 a standard 3-inch block 27,000 feet B. 'M., or an increase of lumber 

 consumption of 5,500 feet B. M. as a minimum or 8,000 feet B. M. 

 as a standard. From the viewpoint of the lumber manufacturer, 

 this should be of vital interest, as it means a large increase in 

 your cut, were block used in substitution for plank, beside the fact 

 that the plant with a yellow pine floor today is a rarity and fast 

 becoming more of one. 



Ten Reasons for the Sale 

 of Wooden Silos 



By J. Lewis Thompson 



Chairman Silo Committee, Southern Pine 



Association 

 Houston, Texas 



First, and principal reason, is because we, as lumber manu- 

 facturers, can furnish the material. 



Second If all silos being built each year (figuring the last 

 five years as an average), were built of yellow pine it would re- 

 quire 150,000,000 feet of yellow pine lumber for silos alone. 



Third The building of -silos leads to the further use of lum- 

 ber by the builder: 



(a) Dipping vats. 



(b) Feed and water troughs. 



(c) Stock pens. 



(d) Better barns. 



More Wood 

 Used in 

 Block Floors 



Silo Building 

 Increases 

 Other Uses 

 of Lumber 



