Bui. 909, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE XIV. 



Fig. I. — Two Walnut Stumps with Roots Properly Trimmed Off for 



Making Veneer. 



The longer stump is 7 feet in length, with a crotch at the top end, and is particularly valuable 



for veneer. 



Fig. 2. — A 12-Foot Walnut Log (the Large one in the Foreground) that 

 Should have been cut to 10 Feet in Length. 



If a portion had been sawed from each end it would have scaled as a 16-inch log, and the general 

 quality would have been much higher. 



Fig. 3. — A Very Defective Knotty Walnut Log. 



Scarcely worth sawing into lumber and worthless for veneer. The defectiveness of this log is indi- 

 cated by the large knots visible on the surface, which have not healed over smoothly. 



