AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Panorama of part of Weyerhaeuser operations at Chquet, Minnesota 



THE longevity of lumber and 

 the service it renders are 

 largely dependent on correct sea- 

 soning. Weyerhaeuser mills have 

 long recognized the importance 

 of this. In the selection of their 

 drying yards and in the building 

 of dry kilns every factor that en- 

 ters into the science of wood sea- 

 soning has been considered. 



Take, for instance, the season- 

 ing of Idaho White Pine thick finish 

 at the drying yard of the Edward 

 Rutledge mill. This stock is used 

 for pattern making and other high 

 class products. A special drying 

 process is necessary to secure a 

 superior product. 



As the thick selects come froni the 

 green chain, the ends are sealed with 

 Parowax, applied by an electric blower. 

 This prevents too rapid drying which is 

 often the cause of end checking. 



The picture above shows the method 

 of piling 10/4 and thicker selects in the 

 seasoning yard. A one*inch cedar board, 

 varying in width from eight to ten inches, 

 is placed on top and on bottom of every 

 piece of White Pine. This is termed 

 "wrapping" and is done for the purpose 

 of retarding the drying and thus pre- 

 venting the formation of defects. Cedar 

 is used because it will not stain. 



Between each layer of wrapped selects 

 are placed stickers to permit the circula- 

 tion of air in the pile. In the center of the 

 pileachimneyis left which helps to secure 

 equal ventilation throughout the stack. 



Are \bu Looking for 

 boards or Lumber Service? 



PURCHASING agents for 

 industrial plants will tell you 

 that their chief difficulty lies in 

 finding concerns they can de- 

 pend upon year in and year out. 

 That what they want is prompt- 

 ness, precision, a uniform prod- 

 uct and a continuous service. 



The Weyerhaeuser organiza- 

 tion years ago discovered that 

 meeting the present-day needs 

 of American industry efficiently 

 meant a more advanced kind of 

 lumber merchandising broad 

 policies, specialized service, dis- 

 tributing yards nearer the mar- 

 ket from which emergency 

 shipments could be made, and 

 an organization tuned to giving 

 its customers exactly what 

 they wanted, when they needed 

 it, and in the shape they re- 

 quired it. 



TODAY the Weyerhaeuser 

 Sales Company makes pos- 

 sible a new service in lumber to 

 industrial buyers. 



Available through this organ- 

 ization are: 



Seventeen immense stocks of 

 lumber, including fifteen different 

 kinds of wood. 



The combined resources of 

 fifteen complete lumber manu- 

 facturing units and two great 

 distributing plants. 



Structural timbers for indus- 

 trial building. 



Lumber for boxing and crating. 



Factory grades for remanufac- 

 turing purposes. 



A corps of salesmen trained 

 to think as purchasing agents and 

 buyers have wished for lumber 

 sellers to think. 



TT IS not the aim of the Wey- 

 *- erhaeuser Sales Company to 

 furnish a car of lumber now 

 and then to every industrial 

 concern in America. But rather 

 to deliver a complete service 

 something more than mere 

 boards to a smaller number of 

 permanent customers. 



The Weyerhaeuser Sales 

 Company distributes Weyer- 

 haeuser Forest Products 

 through the established trade 

 channels. Its principal office is 

 in Spokane, Washington, with 

 branch offices at 208 So. La Salle 

 St., Chicago; 1015 Lexington 

 Bldg., Baltimore; and 4th and 

 Roberts Sts., St. Paul; and with 

 representatives throughout the 

 country. 



WEYERHAEUSER FOREST PRODUCTS 



SAINT PAUL^ MINNESOTA 



Producers of Douglas Fir, Pacific Coast Hemlock, Washington Red Cedar and Cedar Shingles 

 on the Pacific Coast; Idaho White Pine. Western Soft Pine, Red Fir and Larch in the Inland 

 Empire; Northern White Pine and Norway Pine in the Lake States 



