Lengths. Standard lengths are 8 to 20 

 feet and in shipments of mixed lengths 

 five per cent, of 8 or 9 feet in grade of "C 

 and Better" shall be admitted. 



(The above percentage of short lengths 

 is customary, and in the interest of con- 

 servation will be included so far as prac- 

 ticable, in all shipments of mixed lengths.) 



92. Finish must be evenly manufac- 

 tured, and shall embrace all sizes from 1 

 to 2 inches in thickness by 3 inches and 

 over in width. 



93. One-inch, 1*4 and l 1 /^ inch Fin- 

 ishing lumber, unless otherwise ordered, 

 shall measure, when dry, not more than 

 1/16 inch scant in thickness; on 2-inch it 

 may measure ^-inch scant. 



94. Wane, seasoning checks and other 

 defects that will dress put in working 

 standard thickness and widths are admis- 

 sible. 



95. Subject to the foregoing provision 

 Rough Finishing shall be graded accord- 

 ing to the specifications applying to 

 Dressed Finishing lumber. 



96. All Finishing lumber, ordered 

 rough, if thicker than the count thickness 

 for dry or green stock, may be dressed to 

 such count thickness, and when so dressed 

 shall be considered as rough. When like 

 grade on both faces is required, special con- 

 tract must be made. 



COMMON BOARDS, FENCING AND 

 DIMENSION 



97. ROUGH 1-INCH COMMON 

 BOARDS AND FENCING should not 

 be less than %-inch thick when dry ; 114- 

 inch and li/g-inch scant of count thick- 

 ness. 



98. ROUGH 2-INCH COMMON should 

 not be less than 1% inches thick when 

 green, or 1% inches thick when dry. The 

 several widths should not be less than i/fc- 

 inch over the standard dressing width for 

 such stock when dry. 



99. ROUGH COMMON DIMENSION 

 of a greater thickness than 2 inches and 

 less than 4 inches shall be subject to special 

 contract as to thickness and width. 



100. ROUGH DIMENSION, if thick- 

 er than count thickness for dry or green 

 stock, may be dressed to such count thick- 

 ness, and when so dressed shall be con- 

 sidered as rough stock. 



Arkansas Soft Pine 



101. The defects admissible in Rough 

 Boards, Fencing and Dimension shall be 

 the same as those applying to dressed 

 stock of like kind and grade and such 

 further defects as would disappear in 

 dressing to standard sizes of such ma- 

 terial shall be allowed. 



ARKANSAS SOFT PINE LATH 



102. No. 1 LATH should measure 2 

 inches in thickness to every five lath, 

 green. The minimum thickness of any one 

 lath shall not be less than 5/16 of an inch, 

 green, and should not be less than 1-7/16 

 inches in width, green, length 4 feet; 1% 

 inches thickness to every five lath, dry, 

 and should not measure less than 1-5/16 

 inches in width when dry. Will admit 

 wane i/a-inch deep, one-quarter of an inch 

 on face and 6 inches long ; pin worm holes 

 and one pin knot. Must not be more than 

 !/2-inch short in length. Blue sap stain 

 shall not be considered a defect. 



103. No. 2 LATH shall consist of 

 pieces that fall below the grade of No. 1 

 which are not less than 1*4 inches in 

 width, 14 of an inch thick, when dry, and 

 are npt more than %-inch short in length. 

 Will admit wane, worm holes, knots and 

 other defects that will not prevent their 

 use without waste. 



BYRKIT LATH 



Sizes, %x3i/ 2 and 5*4 inches wide; 

 lengths, 4 feet and upward. 



104. STANDARD BYRKIT LATH 

 shall consist of material that will be held 

 firmly in place and support plaster by or- 

 dinary nailing, by npt wasting more than 

 10 per cent, of any piece and that will pre- 

 sent a full surface with no openings over 

 Va-inch in width and 3 inches in length. 

 The ends of pieces of Byrkit Lath are not 

 expected to meet on studding, and only 

 such quantity shall be counted waste as 

 is necessary to remove a defect. (See cut 

 on page 47.) 



STANDARD SIZES OF DRESSED 

 LUMBER 



105. Finishing shall be dressed to the 

 following sizes : 



One-inch S. 1 S. or 2 S. to 13/16; 

 11,4-inch S. 1 or 2 S. to iy 8 ; 

 11,1-inch S. 1 S. or 2 S. 1% ; 

 2-inch S. 1 S. or 2 S. to 1% inches. 

 These thicknesses also apply when S. 4 S. 



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