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Scarcity of Genuine 
White Oak Timber. 
Washington, D. C., July 28.—It 
will surprise most persons who know 
something about oak to be told that 
the so-called white oak timber of our 
markets is often a mixture not only 
of various species of the white oak 
eroup but also of other species, such 
as the red oak. This generally un- 
known fact is reported by the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture, which, 
as a part of its forestry work, is fre- 
quently called upon to pass judg- 
ment upon the identity of market 
woods in dispute. 
Foresters divide all the Sai into 
two distinct groups—the white oak 
group and the black oak group. One 
way of distinguishing the two is by 
the fact that the black oaks require 
two years to mature their acorns, 
while the white oaks take but one. 
The woods of the two groups of oaks 
are also structurally different. The 
true white oak, known to botanists 
as Querous alba, is merely one of the 
species which make up the white oak 
group. Red oak, on the other hand, 
belongs to the black oak group. Red 
oak has a number of other common 
names, among them mountain oak, 
black oak and Spanish oak. 
There is so much confusion in the 
ordinary use of names of the oaks 
that it is almost impossible to keep 
them straight without resorting to 
the scientific names, but the market- 
ing of wood of the black oak group 
as white oak is hardly fair to the 
consumer. Red oak, for instance, is 
now much more abundant than white 
oak, grows faster, and is generally 
regarded as inferior. The two spe- 
cies often grow together and occupy 
the same general region. 
In the early days of its abundance, 
market white oak was derived al- 
most entirely, it is safe to say, from 
Quercus alba, the true white oak. 
This species combines approximately 
the utmost strength and toughness 
of any of the timber oaks, excepting 
possibly the southern live oak, which 
in the colonial days was so highly 
prized for shipbuilding that it wes 
protected by special laws. The im- 
mense inroads made upon the then 
apparently inexhaustible white oak 
forests which stretched from the At- 
lantic seaboard to about Missouri, 
gradually so reduced the supply that 
the use of other species became in- 
evitable 
At present time it is almost impos- 
sible to obtain a consignment of white 
oak that does not contain pieces of 
some other species. Of the white oak 
group those most used, in addition 
to the true white oak, are burr oak, 
chestnut oak, chinquapin oak, post 
oak, swamp white oak, cow oak, and 
overcup oak; of the black oak group, 
Texas red oak, red oak and spotted 
or water oak. 
Real white oak timber of number 
one quality is very largely cut into 
quarter-sawed boards, while a com- 
bination of one or more white oaks 
and red oak may constitute other 
euts of ‘‘ white oak.’’ In many mar- 
kets, the term ‘‘cabinet white oak’’ 
is now understood to include a mix- 
ture of white oak and red oak, while 
it often signifies red oak only. 
The question, ‘‘What is white 
oak?’’ is now coming up among con- 
sumers and manufacturers of com- 
mercial oak timber. The above- 
named white oaks are distinet but 
closely related species, which to- 
gether must be depended upon for 
the future supply. For the ordinary 
purposes for which true white oak 
is used, practically all the trees of 
this group yield woods that can be 
interchanged and will serve equally 
well. 
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The selling of the John Burchsted 
estate will bring about the removal 
from Beverly Farms of Mrs. John 
Burchsted who leaves next week for 
a visit among relatives at Wolfboro, 
N. H. She will later settle perma- 
nently at Malden. 
George H. Burchsted has _ pur- 
chased a house lot at Montserrat and 
has plans out for a new house. He 
will start building it at once and 
when completed will occupy same. 
Mr. Burchsted’s proposed removal 
to Montserrat is due to the selling of 
the John Burchsted estate where he 
has always lived. 
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jackson, for- 
mer residents here, are visiting Mrs. 
Jackson’s mother, Mrs. J. Fred Ben- 
nett on Greenwood avenue. 
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