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interior finish is 

 manu f actured 

 and it is practically 

 free from resin, 

 and beautifully 

 marked; a strong, 

 clear, bright, com- 

 pact timber, soft 

 in texture, read- 

 ily smoothed 

 and joined. 



As a finishing 

 wood there is abso- 

 lutely no successful 

 subst i tute for 

 shortleaf pine and 

 leading architects 

 are specifying it 

 and builders are 

 using it more and 

 more for the finest 

 homes all over the 

 country. It is pre- 



AMERICAN FORESTRY 



SHORTLEAF OR SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE LOGS READY TO BE HAULED TO THE MILL 



and permanently, 

 but no effect of 

 richness and beauty 

 in color and tone is 

 beyond the pos- 

 sibilities of the 

 builder with this 

 wood, and at a 

 cost much less than 

 that entailed in the 

 employment of any 

 other variety of 

 anything like the 

 same intrinsic 

 merit. There is 

 absolutely no color 

 or tone effect in 

 perfect, permanent 

 interior finish that 

 cannot be obtained 

 with the use of 

 high - grade short- 

 leaf pine prop- 



U8ING WASTE OF SHORTLEAF PINE 



Lumber manufacturer* 



than ever before to using up waft 



bowing the u*e of mall pieces. 



Riving more attention 

 . Here ia an illustration 



ferred because 

 of its more 

 striking grain, 

 soft and beau- 

 tiful texture, 

 which particu- 

 larly adapts it 

 for fine join- 

 ery. No other 

 wood that 

 grows offers 

 such a wide 

 range of choice 

 in grain and 

 figure. There 

 is no sameness 

 in the short- 

 1 e a f figure ; 

 some of it is 

 large and bold, 

 some fairly 

 uniform and 

 much of it is 

 delicately 

 engraved. 



Shortleaf 

 pine does not 

 " fuzz up " or 

 show " knife 

 marks " in the 



planing mill process; therefore it requires less labor and 

 expensive hand scraping to obtain a smooth, satin-like 

 surface. It is not only bright and attractive but it 

 hardens with age, and its general beauty and utility arc 

 not surpassed by the nmst expensive hardwoods. 



Shortleaf pine not only takes and holds paint perfectly 



er ly treated. 

 On account of 

 its absorbing 

 qualities and 

 absence of 

 pitch, it takes 

 paint well and 

 there is no dis- 

 coloration 

 caused by the 

 boiling or ooz- 

 ing of the pitch 

 through the 

 pigment. The 

 first coat of 

 stain or lead 

 and oil is ab- 

 sorbed to a nice 

 degree of pene- 

 tration. This 

 wood is espe- 

 cially suited to 

 use as a base 

 for white 

 enamel. The 

 white surface 

 will not be 

 stained from 

 underneath. 



The absorp- 

 tion of the flat 

 white coat is 

 perfectly uni- 

 form and the 



fine texture of the wood prevents any trouble from 

 raised grain. The enamel coats are very smooth and 



USED FOR A DOOR 



The curly effect of the southern yellow pine is shown 

 to unusually good advantage in this photograph. 



