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Shevlin Pine Sales Gompany

The accompanying picture is a practical illustration that r'vide boards can be properly seasoned without checking or other drying defects, and can also be seasoned unif'ormly to eliminate stresses, so the board will remain flat and not warp.

This board-48 inches wide, 16 feet long and 2 incl-res thick-came from a California Sugar Pine tree of the West Side Lumber Company, Tuolumne, California.

It is clear, without any defects. It lies flat and is not fastened to the table legs, and remains flat. This board was seasoned green from the saw to 10 per cent moisture content in antomatically-controlled Moore Cross-Circulation Kilns.

This table is owned by Charles J. Williams, president of Moore Dry Kiln Company. The dining room not being large enough to accommodate a 16-foot table, it was necessary to cut 5 feet from this table to make one short table 5 feet long and the other 11 feet long. The table legs are

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