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TIMBEE 
in addition to which there are numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., 
either before or after the " broad arrow," when the timber 
has been inspected and passed by a Government officer, 
which are for the purpose of identifying him. 
Besides the above there are often owners' and other 
marks on log timber. There are no quahty marks on 
pitch pine, although there are strict regulations concerning 
it, and although there were formerly marks on Baltic logs, 
these have been discontinued. Log timber is invariably 
sold by Customs measurement, and this varies somewhat 
at different ports. Mahogany, cedar, and other furniture 
wood is measured up in log and sold by the superficial foot 
of one inch thick, an allowance being made from the total 
cubic contents for waste. 
A load of timber is 50 cubic feet. A St. Petersburg 
standard contains 165 cubic feet, and this is the measure 
by which deals and small cut timber is bought and sold. 
A cord of wood measures 8 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet, and 
contains 128 cubic feet, and a fathom is 216 cubic feet. 
Flooring is generally sold by the " customary square," of 
100 feet, and 600 square, feet of 1-inch boards equals one 
load of 50 cubic feet. 
The term " lumber " largely used in America applies to 
cut, spHt, or sawn timber, such as beams, joists, boards, 
planks, staves, and the like. 
