House and Garden 
the timber is piled. A two inch pipe 
containing holes through which the 
steam can escape passes through this 
steam box. At the end of twelve hours 
the timber is removed from the steam 
box and then comes the process called 
peeling. With spuds and axes the bark 
is removed easily, for the timber is soft 
now and red hot. It is then ready to 
enter the mill and be cut into veneer. 
The peeled log is hoisted on a crane to 
the veneer lathe, and that is the last one 
sees of the log. When it once passes this 
lathe it comes out on the other side long, 
thin sheets of veneer. According to 
thickness desired, it is cut from the one- 
hundredth of an inch to one-half inch 
thick and sixty-four inches long. 
As the veneer leaves the machine it 
slides along on a table thirty feet in 
length. Ten feet from the end is a clip¬ 
per, where it is clipped into different 
widths, an inch being allowed for drying. 
It is now ready for the drying process. 
d'he drier is eight feet wide and a hun¬ 
dred feet long. It is a chain driven ma¬ 
chine throughout having four sets of 
rollers. In order to heat this drier there 
are twenty thousand feet of one inch 
pipes passing through it above and be¬ 
low each set of rollers. The tempera¬ 
ture must always be from 200 to 250 
degrees. Veneer is put into the drier at 
one end, or, in other words, fed to the 
drier. 
While the veneer slowly moves 
through the machine it is also dried, so 
that it is smooth and dry, but very hot. 
The men in charge of the veneer at that 
end always wear canvas gloves to pre¬ 
vent their hands from becoming burned 
and blistered, while the perspiration 
runs freely from their faces. It takes 
from fifteen minutes to two hours for 
veneer to work through this drier one 
way. 
The second story of the local mill is 
known as the glue room. Here veneer 
is glued together for furniture factories, 
bordering panels for dressers and glass 
backing. 
The machine known as the hydraulic 
veneer press is ten feet high. The ven¬ 
eer that has been glued for panels or 
glass backing is placed into this machine 
and by pressure of water in a tank be¬ 
neath it slowly presses the veneer to¬ 
gether until it is firm and dry. Then 
it I is removed, packed and shipped.— 
Milwaukee Sentinel. 
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Free Advice on Decoration 
T he unprecedented growth of the Correspondence Depart¬ 
ment of “ House and Garden ” has necessitated the opening 
of a new Department which will be devoted to the interest 
of those who are building, decorating or furnishing their homes. 
Beginning with the new year “ House and Garden” offers its 
readers a House Finishing, Decorating, Furnishing and Purchas¬ 
ing Service which is complete in detail and thoroughly practical. 
Full color suggestions for the exterior of the house will be supplied 
with recommendations of proper materials to obtain the results. 
For the interior, the treatment of standing woodwork and floors, 
the selection of tiles, hardware and fixtures will be considered and 
specifically recommended, with the addresses of firms from whom 
these goods may be obtained. Samples of wall coverings and 
drapery materials will be sent and selections of rugs and furniture 
made. When desired, the goods will be purchased and shipped 
to the inquirer; the lowest retail prices are quoted on all materials. 
This Department of Decoration is under the direction of 
MARGARET GREENLEAF, whose successful work as an inte¬ 
rior Designer and Decorator is well known. 
I7i wi'itiiifj to advertisers i)lease mention House and Garden. 
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