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in addition to which there are numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., 

 either before or after the " broad arrow," when the timber 

 has been inspected and passed by a Government officer, 

 which are for the purpose of identifying him. 



Besides the above there are often owners' and other 

 marks on log timber. There are no quality marks on 

 pitch pine, although there are strict regulations concerning 

 it, and although there were formerly marks on Baltic logs, 

 these have been discontinued. Log timber is invariably 

 sold by Customs measurement, and this varies somewhat 

 at different ports. Mahogany, cedar, and other furniture 

 wood is measured up in log and sold by the superficial foot 

 of one inch thick, an allowance being made from the total 

 cubic contents for waste. 



A load of timber is 50 cubic feet. A St. Petersburg 

 standard contains 165 cubic feet, and this is the measure 

 by which deals and small cut timber is bought -and sold. 

 A cord of wood measures 8 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet, and 

 contains 128 cubic feet, and a fathom is 216 cubic feet. 

 Flooring is generally sold by the " customary square," of 

 100 feet, and 600 square feet of 1-inch boards equals one 

 load of 50 cubic feet. 



The term " lumber " largely used in America applies to 

 cut, split, or sawn timber, such as beams, joists, boards, 

 planks, staves, "and the like. 



