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APPENDIX B 



TABLE LXIX 



Minimum Dimensions of White Cedar Poles in Inches 



CLASSES 



No dark red or copper-colored poles, which when scraped do not show good 

 live timber, shall be accepted under these specifications. 



No poles having more than one complete twist for every twenty (20) feet in length, 

 no cracked poles and no poles containing large season checks shall be accepted under 

 these specifications. 



No poles having " cat faces," unless they are small and perfectly sound and the 

 poles have an increased diameter at the " cat face," and no poles having " cat faces " 

 near the six (6) foot mark or within ten (10) feet of their tops,, shall be accepted under 

 these specifications. 



No shaved poles shall be accepted under these specifications. 

 No poles containing sap rot, evidence of internal rot as disclosed by a careful 

 examination of all black knots, hollow knots, woodpeckers' holes, or plugged holes; 

 and no poles showing evidences of having been eaten by ants, worms or grubs shall 

 be accepted under these specifications except that poles containing worm or grub 

 marks below the six (6) foot mark will be accepted. 



No poles having a short crook or bend, a crook or bend in two planes or a reversed 

 curve shall be accepted under these specifications. The amount of sweep, measured 

 between the (6) foot mark and the top of the pole, that may be present in poles accept- 

 able under these specifications, is shown in the following tables: 



35-foot poles shall not have a sweep of over 101 inches. 

 40-foot poles shall not have a sweep of over 12 inches. 

 45-foot poles shall not have a sweep of over 9 inches. 

 50-foot poles shall not have a sweep of over 10 inches. 

 55-foot poles shall not have a sweep of over 11 inches. 

 60-foot poles shall not have a sweep of over 12 inches. 



