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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



many localities. White pine siding more than a century 

 old stands as well yet as that which has gone in 

 place recently. It may 

 finally wear out without 

 checking or warping. 



The South has and has 

 always had excellent woods 

 for exterior finish, and 

 claims equal honors with 

 the North in that respect. 

 Cypress and the yellow 

 pines uphold the reputation 

 of the southern states, 

 where old buildings, as well 

 as new, display these woods 

 in outside trim, such as 

 weatherboarding, porches, 

 cornices, and prove the 

 excellence and beauty of 

 wood in ambitious build- 

 ings, as well as in small. 



The central hardwood regions of the East have con- 

 tributed in yellow poplar perhaps the best hardwood 

 for exterior finish. This poplar grows to be the largest 



OPEN END BELT SANDER 



Wood for interior finish and furniture is polished with a sand belt 

 passing over pulleys. It does the work of several men operating by hand. 

 Many types of sanding machines are made. The one here shown is 

 manufactured by the Mattison Machine Works, Beloit, Wisconsin. 



hardwood tree of the United States and no other ex- 

 ceeds it in the romance of botany and history. No 



wood of this country paints 

 to better advantage, and 

 that fact has been largely 

 responsible for this wood's 

 popularity as weatherboard- 

 ing, cornice, and porch- 

 work. 



The far West, too, has 

 its excellent woods for out- 

 side trim, but they do not 

 have the long records of 

 use which belong to some 

 of the eastern species. The 

 western country has not 

 been settled long enough for 

 that. They are softwoods, 

 and chief among them are 

 redwood, sugar pine, and 

 Douglas fir. Redwood's 

 smoothness of grain and its painting qualities measure 

 with the best everywhere, and its durability in outside 

 finish is all that the builder could ask. No portion of the 



WHERE FINISHING VENEERS COME FROM 



Here is shown the interior of a veneer mill with its enormous slicing machines which convert logs into the thin sheets used by manufacturers 

 of high grade interior finish. Most of the material passing through such a mill is finely-figured hardwood from our own forests or from distant lands. 



