258 FOREST PRODUCTS 



Nailing. 



Six nails to each nailing edge, 4d. standard cement-coated box nails. 



LOCK-CORNER CONSTRUCTION 



Ends. 



Not less than | in. thick, j^-in. sides, top and bottom.i ^11 piecing tongued, 

 grooved, and glued, top and bottom nailed with not less than 12 4d. standard cement- 

 coated box nails in each top and each bottom. 



SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS 



Size. 



Allow only J in. over exact length of contents. Allow only j-in over exact width 

 of contents. Allow only | in. over exact depth of contents. 



Printing. 



One end only, in one color. 



Cleating. 



Cleats 15 in. by f in., or any other size cleat that has equally large cross-section, 

 with six nails to each cleat driven through and chnched. No piece of end shall have 

 less than two nails. Outside nails shall be driven as near the ends of cleats as is 

 possible without splitting the cleat. Balance of nails shall be as evenly spaced as 

 possible and no nail shall be driven in a joint. 



Nailing. 



Space nails as evenly as possible. No nail shall be driven into a joint. All 

 nails shall be friven squarely into the center of the thickness of the end. Put not 

 less than two nails in each end of any one piece of lumber. 



Outside nails on the sides shall be driven just inside the end nails of the cleats. 



Outside nails on the top and bottom shall be driven far enough inside to miss the 

 side nails. 



Sides, tops and bottoms shall be flush with the ends. 



Tops and bottoms shall overlap sides. 



Size of nails depends on woods used for ends. 



NOTE 



In Group 1, Sawed Lumber. 



When one-piece sides and two-piece tops and bottoms are used, ^-in thinner 

 material permitted. 



Style C: 4-One- Wooden Boxes — Wire Bound 



SPECIFICATIONS 



To carry canned foods and similar commodities weighing not to exceed 90 lb. net. 



Boxes must be well manufactured from sound (free from decay or dote), well- 

 seasoned thin boards and cleat lumber. Kiln-dried lumber by excessively high tem- 

 peratures or low humidities, or below 6 per cent moisture must be avoided. 



The thin boards must be free from knot holes, loose or rotten knots greater than 



' The thicknesses specified herein are to allow for an occasional unavoidable variation in manu- 

 facture, but that variation shall not exceed one sixty-fourth of an inch below the thicknesses specified. 



