lumber Grade llames tlow la Elfect

COMING FROM THE SIUDS ro fell this corpenter (who wouldn'l trode jobs righr now with o fycoon) cnd the nalion's lumber users obout the grode NAME chonges in west coosl groding rules for Douglo: fir, weslern red cedor, west cocst hemlock ond Sitko epruce, effective Morch 15, ore these misse3 (oll hits!) dressed ro more neorly fit lumber's intended ures (righr ro left): Joyce lzzord, iiiss Con3huction; Pot Filer, Miss Slcndard; Potti Throop, Miss Urility, ond Judy Cheney, Miss Economy comes Construction, No. 2 becotres Standard, No. 3 becomes Utility, and No. 4 becomes Economy. Each of these grades has specifrc values and uses throughout our construction industry and in everyday use. However, many people in the past couldn't visualize No. 3, for instance, as having fine construction uses.

Lumbermen finally awakened to the fagt they were putting a curse on some of their good lumber by poorly conceived grading designations.

Select Merchantable remains as the top grade in boards and Select Structural is the top dimension grade. The lettering system for finish, flooring, casing and other clear items is unchanged, excepting top grade of flat grain clears becomes C&Btr.

The fibre stress value of present 1450 grade has been increased to 1500f and 1100f has been increased to 1200f. The thickness of boards and finish items has been reduced from 25/32 to fi inch, because half of these items sold today are

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Lorger SCRLA Member Yords Stqrt New Grqde Nqmes Procedures

As a means of acquainting the trade with the new Named Lumber Grades, the larger yards of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. will follow the procedure as described below when writing up their estin-iates and quotations. Commencing March 15, those yards will write up their estimates and quotations as usual except they will insert, in parenthesis, the grade or grades being figured, immediately after the old grade number. A typical example of dimension and small timber might be:

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