when surfaced one side; when S. 2 S. 

 should be 7/16-inch less than count thick- 

 ness or 1/16-inch less than when S. 1 S. 

 The tongue should be %-inch thick and 

 %-inch long. For 3-inch and thicker 

 matching the tongue should be 34-inch 

 thick and %-inch long, and thickness of 

 the stock should be %-inch less than the 

 rough material. The groove in heavy 

 matchings should be 1/16-inch wider than 

 the thickness of the tongue, and 1/16-inch 

 deeper than the length of the tongue. 



Tongue and groove shall be located 

 one-quarter the thickness of the rough ma- 

 terial from the bottom of the piece. (See 

 cut on page 46.) 



In 2-inch and thicker material plowed 

 for splines, the grooves should be the same 

 width and depth as is provided for in 

 matching material of the same thickness. 

 (See cut on page 46.) 



Heavy Shiplap shall be worked to the 

 same thickness as Heavy Flooring. The 

 lap shall be ^-inch long, occupying one- 

 half the finished thickness of the piece. 



123. Timbers shall be worked to the fol- 

 lowing : 4x4 and larger S. 1 S. or S. & E. 

 %-inch off each face surfaced; S. 3 S. or 

 S. 4 S. ^4-inch off each face surfaced. 



124. All sizes in Timbers are subject to 

 natural shrinkage. 



Arkansas Soft Pine 



125. 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, dry. Must not be more 

 than i/2-mch short in length. 



126. No. 2 Lath must not be less than 

 114 inches in width, 14 of an inch thick 

 when dry, and not more than %-inch short 

 in length. 



127. Byrkit Lath to be 94 x 3V 2 and 

 inches wide; lengths, 4 feet and upward. 

 (See cut on page 47.) 



PICKETS 



128. Square Pickets from li/2-mch 

 stock shall be worked to 1 5/16 x 1 5/16, 

 3 and 4 feet long, dressed on four sides and 

 pointed, ll/i-inch stock shall be worked 

 to 1 1/16x1 1/16, 3 and 4 feet long, 

 dressed on four sides and pointed. 



129. Flat Pickets from 1x3 stock shall 

 be worked to % x 214, 3 and 4 feet long, 

 dressed on four sides and headed. 



All stock bearing the Arkansas Soft 

 Pine Trade Mark is manufactured and sold 

 exclusively by the following companies: 



Arkansas Land & Lumber Co., Malvern, Ark. 

 Arkansas Lumber Company, Warren, Ark. 

 Cotton Belt Lumber Company, Bearden, Ark. 

 Crossett Lumber Co., Crossett, Ark. 

 Eagle Lumber Company, Eagle Mills, Ark. 

 Edgar Lumber Company, Wesson, Ark. 

 Freeman-Smith Lumber Co., Millville, Ark. 

 Fordyce Lumber Company, Fordyce, Ark. 

 Gates Lumber Company, Wilmar, Ark. 

 Ozan-Graysonia Lumber Co., Prescott, Ark. 

 Southern Lumber Company, Warren, Ark. 

 Stout Lumber Company, Thornton, Ark. 

 Wisconsin & Arkansas Lbr. Co., Malvern, Ark. 



Composing the 



Arkansas Soft Pine Bureau 

 Little Rock, Ark. 



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