48 BULLETIN 523^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTTJEE. 



The following are the uses for Avhich standing ash timber contain- 

 ing various kinds of material is most suitable and profitable : 



1. Clear, rapid-growing second-growth timber of white, green, 

 blue, and Biltmore ash. The wood is straight grained and strong. 

 Trees less than 15 inches in diameter are most valuable for fork, hoe, 

 shovel, spade, and scythe handles (snaths), baseball bats, and single- 

 trees and doubletrees. Trees 15 inches and over in diameter are valu- 

 able for the above uses and for boat oars, wagon tongues, lumber for 

 bent wood, other parts in car and vehicle construction, and sporting 

 and athletic goods. 



2. Large, clear, old-growth ash timber of all species holds its shape 

 w'ell and is especially valuable for dimension lumber (largely for re- 

 sawing) for car and boat construction, interior finish, church, store, 

 and office fixtures, vehicle and automobile bodies, and agricultural 

 and musical instruments. (See PI. III.) 



3. Crooked and knotty ash timber and small, slow-growing trees 

 (such as are found on poor, thin soils producing weak wood) and 

 the lower grades of ash lumber can best be used for butter-tub 

 staves and heading, woodenware, and novelties, chair and furniture 

 stock, hames, and other uses in which short, clear pieces, such as can 

 be cut out from between knots, can be utilized. 



4. Clear black ash timber over 15 inches in diameter, the supply 

 of which is very limited, is especially valuable for butter-tub hoops, 

 splints for baskets, and chair bottoms, and for interior finish. 



The owner of ash timber w^ho wishes to sell it will find it ad- 

 visable : 



(1) To determine for what uses it is most valuable; (2) to get in 

 touch with local firms who handle ash or consume it in these uses; 

 (3) to write to State forestry officials or to the Forest Service, Wash- 

 ington, D. C., for wood-using reports which give the names and ad- 

 dresses of firms in the various industries which consume ash; (4) to 

 select names of firms in industries using ash as one of the chief 

 woods, and find out by correspondence which of them is in the mar- 

 ket for ash; (5) to write to these firms stating what ash is for sale, 

 and ask them for specifications in regard to the clearness, size, shape, 

 and grade of the material which they wish to purchase, and for 

 prices on such material either standing or in log f. o. b. local sta- 

 tion, or sawed into special forms. 



