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29. Lumber and timber sawed for specific purposes must 

 be inspected with a view to its adaptability for the use intend- 

 ed. Material not conforming to standard sizes, for agricultural 

 implement companies, wagon companies, car manufacturing 

 companies, railway companies, etc., shall be governed by spe- 

 cial contract and inspection. 



30. The standard lengths are multiples of 2 feet, 4 to 24 feet 

 inclusive, for Boards, Fencing, Dimension, Joists and Timbers ; 

 multiples of 1 foot, 4 to 20 feet, inclusive, for Finishing, Floor- 

 ing, Ceiling, Siding, Partition, Casing, Base, Window and Door 

 Jambs except as hereinafter specified. Longer or shorter 

 lengths than those herein specified are special. Special frac- 

 tional lengths, when ordered, will be counted as the next higher 

 standard length. 



31. The standard widths for lumber, S. 1 S. or S. 2 S., or 

 rough, excluding Dimension, shall be multiples of 1 inch 3 

 inches and up in width. 



32. On stock widths of No. 1 Common and Better, either 

 rough or dressed one or two sides, no piece should be counted 

 as standard width that is more than %-mch scant on 8-inch 

 and under; %-inch scant on 9 and 10-inch, or ^-inch scant 

 on 11 and 12-inch or wider. Such pieces should be measured 

 as the next lower standard width and not reduced in grade. 

 (For width of No. 2 Boards and Fencing, see pages 428 and 430. 

 For dimensions see Sees. 91 and 99). 



33. Yellow pine shall be classified as to grain as Edge 

 Grain and Flat Grain. 



Edge Grain has been variously designated as rift sawn, ver- 

 tical grain, quarter sawn, all being commercially synonymous 

 terms. Edge grain stock is especially desirable for Flooring 

 and admits no piece in which the angle of the grain exceeds 

 45 degrees from vertical at any point. 



34. All dressed stock shall be measured and sold strip count, 

 viz.: Full size of rough material necessarily used in its manu- 

 facture. 



All sizes 1 inch or less in thickness shall be counted as 1 

 inch thick. 



35. In standard manufacture of Factory Flooring, Decking 

 or thick dressed and matched stock, and stock grooved for 

 splines, and for thick Shiplap, the finished width shall be V 2 - 



