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Heart wood .'' What are annual rings? Medullary or pith rays? How determine the age of a tree ? What is veneer ? Silver grain ? Curled grain ? Birds-eye grain ? Defects in wood. Ring-hearted. Split in direction of annual rings. Shaky. Split in direction of medullar}' rays. Knotty. When large or loose, knots are a defect. What is a knot ? Decayed. - Due largely to parasitic insects and fungi. Wany. Edge of board or plank not square. Measure and Value of W^ood. For timber and lumber one inch or m...ore in thickness-' the unit of measure is the board foot, which is a piece of board one foot square and one inch thick. Boards less than one inch thick are sold by the square foot, surface measure. Some of the more expensive and fancy woods are sold by the pound. The value of wood varies with the supply and demand. The qual- ity and appearance of wood also determine its price. Durability and a figured grain are qualities especially sought for. Find the market prices of the more common kinds of wood.
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