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and holds it permanently without any 

 subsequent boiling out or oozing of the 

 pitch through the pigment. Properly 

 mixed lead and oil will adhere to Arkansas 

 Soft Pine over indefinite terms and will 

 require renewing only when the paint it- 

 self has yielded to the atmospheric ele- 

 ments. 



"* Nearly three-fourths of all woods 

 employed for manufacturing purposes in 

 Arkansas is Short Leaf Pine .... 

 Short Leaf Pine in Arkansas is generally 

 considered of a higher grade than the same 

 species grown in other regions . *. . . 

 It is a favorite material for sash, doors and 

 ceiling and is well liked for flooring . . . 

 Short leaf grows faster than long leaf, 

 particularly during the first thirty or forty 

 years, and the sap wood is thick." 



SPLENDID FLOORING-MATERIAL 



Arkansas Soft Pine flooring is manufac- 

 tured in approximately ten grades from 

 heart, edge grain down to No. 2 common, 

 flat grain. (See grading rules, pages 52 

 and 53). Edge grain (quarter sawn), is 

 especially desirable for flooring and admits 

 of no pieces in which the angle of the grain 

 exceeds 45 degrees from vertical to any 

 point. The most satisfactory pattern 

 measures 13/16x3 inch nominal (2^4 inch 

 face) and usually runs 8 feet to 20 feet in 

 length, the greatest percentage being 10 

 feet to 16 feet. In the finished floor, the 

 longer lengths reduce the number of end 

 joints as compared to hardwood flooring, 

 which in turn must be. accepted as short 

 as 18 inches. With Arkansas Soft Pine, a 

 room of any width from 8 to 18 feet may 

 be laid in one length of flooring, thereby 

 eliminating end joints entirely and sup- 

 plying a completed floor of mirror-like 

 smoothness. The finished floor, when 

 properly scraped and sanded, will take any 

 desired treatment in stains, varnish, gloss 

 or waxed and produces a long wearing 

 floor of attractive appearance. (See form- 

 ulas, page 10.) 



t"Inside and outside trim for houses is 

 manufactured from short leaf. (Do not 

 forget that short leaf in Arkansas is of 

 a higher grade than any other.) It is 

 widely used for flooring and is recom- 

 mended both by its aopearance and be- 

 cause of its wearing qualities ; it responds 

 readily to oils, wax and other floor finishes 



*Foreet Service Bulletin 106 

 tForeet Service Bulletin 99 



and dressings. "Plaster lath are products 

 of the short leaf Pine forests. Many of the 

 larger lumber mills of the South, particu- 

 larly in Arkansas . . . advertise their 

 short leaf as a specialty." 



AN IDENTIFIED PRODUCT 

 For the purpose of assisting buyers in 

 securing this identical material when they 

 so specify, the manufacturers of Arkansas 

 Soft Pine, composing the Arkansas Soft 

 Pine Bureau, have adopted the registered 

 trade mark appearing on the title page of 

 this book. This emblem is an identification 

 whereby the architect for example may 

 assure himself that his client actually 

 receives the material chosen. The mark 

 itself is in turn a guarantee of reliable 

 material, behind which stand the manufac- 

 turers whose product must adhere to 

 established standards of grade and quality 

 to earn the privilege of identification 

 afforded by the mark. 



DEPENDABLE WOOD LATH 

 Before going into details as to interior 

 trim, brief consideration of Arkansas Soft 

 Pine lath will be well worth while. 



These lath are very light in weight and 

 color, are strictly uniform in manufacture, 

 may be had %xiy 2 inches x 32 inches or 

 48 inches in length and when employed, 

 will not warp, buckle or twist. They 

 weigh but 500 pounds per thousand in 48 

 inch lengths and are virtually free from 

 knots, have little or no wane or hard 

 flinty streaks and other common defects. 

 The soft texture and tough fiber, combined 

 with the absence of pitch make them light 

 to handle and easy to nail, without any 

 tendency to split. They are thoroughly 

 dried and can be relied upon to supply a 

 dependable wall backing. Builders who 

 have forsaken wood lath because of having 

 received fuzzy, sappy, hard blue stock, will 

 find in Arkansas Soft Pine lath a material 

 which will more than justify their return 

 to wood. Costing notably less than lath of 

 other material, they supply a plaster 

 backing on which full reliance may be 

 placed. 



YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED 

 Why should the Arkansas product be 

 superior to short leaf or other regions? is 

 a natural question. The answer will be 

 f ouHd in the following : 



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