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... important parts efficient methods for the seasoning , handling , and care of lumber . In modern business to - day the old adage " Check the evil at its source applies , and particularly in this instance . It is natural and logical that ...
... important parts efficient methods for the seasoning , handling , and care of lumber . In modern business to - day the old adage " Check the evil at its source applies , and particularly in this instance . It is natural and logical that ...
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... important question of weights and freight must be taken into consideration , but the most important point is the demand on the part of the consumer for seasoned stock . The buyers ' wishes to that extent govern . They usually go further ...
... important question of weights and freight must be taken into consideration , but the most important point is the demand on the part of the consumer for seasoned stock . The buyers ' wishes to that extent govern . They usually go further ...
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... important waste . The sum total of the various seasoning losses represents over 1,000,000,000 cubic feet of standing timber per annum , or more than 4 per cent of the forest drain . After enumerating and describing these various wastes ...
... important waste . The sum total of the various seasoning losses represents over 1,000,000,000 cubic feet of standing timber per annum , or more than 4 per cent of the forest drain . After enumerating and describing these various wastes ...
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... important loss of value by degrade , incident to seasoning . Some part of the loss results from remanu- facturing operations in the planing mill not due to seasoning defects . Most of the reduction in footage because of seasoning ...
... important loss of value by degrade , incident to seasoning . Some part of the loss results from remanu- facturing operations in the planing mill not due to seasoning defects . Most of the reduction in footage because of seasoning ...
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... importance than the direction of the sun , with relation to the piles . Where the prevailing wind is northerly or ... important factor in air drying . Air in contact with the lumber inside the piles tends to become cooler and heavier ...
... importance than the direction of the sun , with relation to the piles . Where the prevailing wind is northerly or ... important factor in air drying . Air in contact with the lumber inside the piles tends to become cooler and heavier ...
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Page 8 - Board, and the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce.
Page 1 - ... preservative must displace or compress the air in the wood. After the retort is filled, additional preservative is forced into the cylinder by means of pressure pumps, the pressure being gradually raised to and maintained at 125 to 175 Ib.
Page 40 - US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Forest Service. 1920. Timber depletion and the answer. A summary of the report on timber depletion and related subjects prepared in response to Senate Resolution 311. US Dept.
Page 118 - Manual of Design and Installation of the Forest Service Water-Spray Dry Kiln. By LV Teesdale. Department of Agriculture Bulletin 894, October 18. 1920. Price, 10 cents. A good manual for this type of kiln. The Theory of Drying and its Application to the New Humidity Regulated and Recii-culating Dry Kiln.
Page 10 - DC, works in close cooperation with a number of official and private organizations, notably the Bureau of Standards of the Department of Commerce and the Forest Products Laboratory of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
Page 51 - Commerce, comprises about 200 members representing manufacturers, distributors, and consumers of forest products. Its object Is to work for closer utilization of our country's timber resources. The committee, whose headquarters are in the Department of Commerce. Washington, DC, works in close cooperation with a number of...