MILL CITY ENTERPRISE. OCTOBER 20. 1949
Out of the Woods
By JIM STEVENS
THE LESSON OF THE LOG
Dimension lumber <2x4s to 2x12»—
and common boards abide within the
rind of Clears or Select grade» and
the sapwood of the sawlog.
How is the sawlog to be judged in
the tree, where the lumber-to-be is
all covered with dabs end bark ? How
ia the amuont of lumber to be esti
mated ’ What kind of measurement
Special
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CHEVROLET
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PLYMOUTH
OWNERS
is used? How is the figuring done?
How are the grades guessed, and who
will tell the prices that the grades
may bring ?
These are questions for experts to
answer. The farm woodland owner
auks them.
There are experts called log buy
ers and there are experts called tim
ber cruisers. Aand all over the nation
there are ¡specialists who trade in the
products of sawlogs, the items and
grades of lumber from 60 and more
of America’s important commercial
tree species. They speak their own
language of the trade.
West Coast Lumber Catalog.
A lumber grade is a definition from
official grading rules—such as those
of the West Coast Bureau of Lumber
Grades and Inspection for Douglas fir
Western hemlock, Western red cedar
ami Sitka spruce.
‘‘The object of grading rules,” the
book say«, “ is to establish a basis
of quality that will realize ... the
characteristics of a species ... to
produce grades o f relative quality,
and so developed as to be best adapt
ed to the principal purposes for
which the species is used.”
Example: West Coast Rule 208
governs “No. 2 Studding, Blocking
and Small Posts,” (a grade that ap
plies to much of the product of farm
sawlogs.) The characteristics the rule
lits are knots, knot holes, spike knots,
checks, pitch, pitch pockets, sap
stain, shake, skips, splits, torn grain,
variation in size, wane, white specks,
worm holes. Each has its limits de
fined for the grade. Of course, the
characteristics named are not all to
be found in a single tree. The Rule
says, ‘‘A serious combination of
(characteristics named) not permit
ted.”
Log Grades.
Few farmers are so blind to timber
values nowadays as to setf-ji sawlog
harvest for a lump sum ‘‘on the
stump.” This practice harks back to
the early days when the product of
the sawmill was sold on a “millrun”
basis.
American lumber standards
ami the detailed grading rules of the
regional lumber industries are trade
patterns and sales catalogs which the
industrial logger follows and which
the farm woodland owner should fol
low also. There’s money in it.
Some of your supposed sawtimber
may have peeler logs in it. In any
case, they can be sold by grade and
according to the board feet they
scale.
Log grades are uniformly specified
by the several log scaling and grad
ing bureaus of Western Washington
and Oregon. A sample specification
is for No. 2 sarwlogs:
“No. 2 Douglas fir and .•Ipruce saw-
mlil logs shall be not less than 12
feet in length and not less than 16
inches in diameter if spruce, or not
less than 112 inches in diameter if
Dougglas fir, below the grade of No.
log but which will be suitalble in
grade: (a) For the manufacture of
lumber in the grades of at least 65
per cent No. 1 Common or Better
lumber, or (bl for the manufacture
of lumber in the grades of 25 per
cent Clear or Better or B and Better
or an equivalent value in combina
tion of grades.”
Recent studies show that Douglas
fir logs 12 inches in diameter and up
will generally grade No. 2 sawmill.
In some stands of larges second
growth it is possible to obtain some
No. 3 peelers.
Idanha
By RHEBA SNYDER
The fire department was called on
the job last W’ednsday evening when
a chimney fire broke out in the home
of Vem Alvin. Greatest damage was
caused by having to cut a hole in
the roof to get to the flames.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hallford and
daughter were Salem visitors Satur
day.
The church drive is nearing com
pletion. Solicitors wish to thank all
for their support ami for their kind i
ami courteous treatment,
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Haley and
sons, Mike and Steven, of Eugene,
were week end guests at the Albert
Snyder home. Mr. Haley’s topics for
next Sunday are: Morning Service-*
“The One Talent”; evening—“The
Rich Man.” Everyone is invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schaffer were
business callers in Mehama Saturday.
The North Santiam Willing Work
ers Club held their first October ,
meeting with Bemadine Stoll Wed
nesday afternoon. Those present were
Edna Gordon, Georgia New, PeajJ
Geibler, Mary Gulliford, Ida Hansen,
Margaret Howland and Reba Sny
der. The meeting^ was conduted by
the vice president, Mrs. Gordon, in
the absence of the ¡president, Mrs.
Barney.
Mrs. Reynolds spent the week end
with her daughter, Mrs. Winifred
Johnson, in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. James McKinney and
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family were business callers in Sa
lem Saturday.
Oti» Floyd, Lebanon, formerly of
Idanha, called at the Frank New
home on his way home Saturday eve
ning from deer hunting.
The American Legion Auxiliary met
at the home of Mrs. Vira Bray in
Detroit. A short business meeting
was held. Floy Storey’s team won the
membership contest. Mrs. Jane W’eis-
gerber ami Mrs. Hazel Baldwin won
prizes in the advertising game. Re
freshments were served by the hos
tess and Mrs. Mabel Moore.
Nert
meeting will be with Ella Peeler.
Charles Cannon is still leading in
the largest buck contest, but Mrs.
Glen Ellen Denton has crowded out
Hank Davis for second place, with
a 211 pound deer, .»hot on Black
Butte.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Le
ming, a six pound girl, Mnday Oct.
17, at a Salem hsptal.
Guests the past week at the Mar
tin Rudy home were Mrs. Rudy’s sis
ter, Mrs. R. K. Wilkinson and Mr.
Wilkinson of Smith River, Calif.
Henry Heibert and Donald and
Leonard Snyder drove to Dallas Sun
day t ovisit a few hours with Mrs.
Heibert at the Dallas hospital, where
, .»he is recovering from a major oper
ation.
Mr. Heibert was a dinner
guest ait the Snyder home.
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