Show aeeti qa fw ith I 1 I 1 good I 1 d R results e s u its washington D 0 september the investigation carried ou on last year by the U S department of agriculture cooperating op operating with lull lumber or manu fantur e iu in the south to defor deto mino nuino tho the saving that i can be ba effect effected etl by aiding odd lengths of 0 lumber as a well a da dalven even oven has begun to benr fruit that th investigation I 1 that a material saving wits was practicable and nt at a recent meeting hit eting of a southern s a association I 1 aaion tho the fact was brought brou glit out thi that aa I 1 n beginning has been mado in put putting titi dio alio new plan into practice anil ana thanh alint 00 increase in the sule sale of od odd lengths a ath ah is anticipated for the near future it ans for formerly pie hie custom aud gen orally is so still lW to sell lumber nt at ev oven on lengths length only sonly adi sto resulted resul tod froni from cutting olf off the ends iab tb make them even A considerable p percentage li of a Baw say output is I 1 B defective that is boards havo have had knots decayed spots or L plit ends and an d tile the defective dewus parts are cut out to uIn make kean an oven length of what remains it is often necessary noi essary to cut off a tout foot of at good quod with tile tho bad and it iswalt is wast ed cd tile ot of marketing odd lengths long llis aw a well WeLa as seven even w is meant to lessen this waste two sale of odd lengths of lumber will fesq frequently bently lessen waste in tile the woods also aleo bior fd example a log may be cut cul fifteen feet lone which following theold the old cultum cus would be only fourteen and the extra it foot too would bo left in the woods the in trod odd longtoe meets meeta with opposition from rom many builders who are favor t ev n lengths a sem 9 thera oro aio many places in which odd lengths are ara more economical than even on estor for instance whore where nine foot 1 13 1 9 used following former custom the ends must be out cut from oven even lengths to make tho the tian timbers afif nr some manufacturers ot of floor ing successfully sell boll odd and even eren lengths thus lessening waste in th woods at the mill and inthe in the construction of buildings |