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FOREST PRODUCTS 



MANUFACTURE OF SLACK COOPERAGE STOCK 



The manufacture of the three forms of slack cooperage stock, staves, 

 heading and hoops is usually found in separate mills. The assembling 

 of this stock into the finished barrels is almost always practiced in still 

 another shop. Staves and heading are sometimes manufactured 

 together in the larger plants where a division of the raw material may be 



GROUND PLAN 



OF 



SLACK COOPERAGE 



PLANT 



Fig. 28. 



advantageously made, the poorer material going into heading, the better 

 going into staves. This is done because the staves are thinner than the 

 heading and they must later withstand the strain of bending over the 

 bilge when assembled into the barrel. 



Mills are located first with reference to a sufl&cient supply of raw 

 material, either independently or in connection with a logging operation 

 or sawmill. Location on a common carrier affording good transporta- 

 tion facilities and on a stream for a mill pond are desirable. 



