Douglas Fir
Northern White Pine Idaho White Pine Western Soft Pine
Western Hemlock Washington Red Cedar Red Fir and Larch
Norway Pine
TAKING THE GUESSWORK OUT OF
THE SELECTION OF LUMBER
I
N the early days, the use of soft wood in
this country was largely confined to one or two species. They happened to be good all-purpose woods.
Toward the close of the last century a number of new woods, which had up to that time been used only locally, came into the general market.
These woods are of many kinds, with numerous grades of each kind.
As these new woods came along they were used everywhere that the older known species had been used. For some purposes the new woods proved the equal of the old; for certain very important purposes, superior; where they failed, it was because they were used in the wrong service.
Out of the experience of the last twenty years there has accumulated a scientific knowledge of the fitness of the different woods for particular uses that can be helpful to every user of wood.
* * *
Today we know how much weight various kinds of timber will bear; what woods will last longest when exposed to the weather and in contact with the soil or moisture; how preservative treatment affects the life of woods; which woods have a tendency to warp and which “stay put.”
We know the relative merits of the different woods as railway ties, as flooring material, as pipe staves, as tanks, in car
construction, and so on through all the varied uses to which wood can be put.
The selection of wood has ceased to depend on guesswork. Experience, observation, research and experiment have placed it on a scientific basis.
* * *
What we advocate is conservation and economy through the use of the right wood in its proper place.
To this end we will supply to lumber dealers and to the public, any desired information as to the qualities of the different species and the best wood for a given purpose.
This service will be as broad and impartial as we know how to make it. We are not partisans of any particular species of wood. We advise the best lumber for the purpose, whether we handle it or not.
From now on the Weyerhaeuser Forest Products trade-mark will be plainly stamped on our product.
When you buy lumber for any purpose, no matter how much or how little, you can look at the mark and know that you are getting a standard article of known merit.
Weyerhaeuser Forest Products are distributed through the established trade channels by the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, Spokane, Washington, with branch offices and representatives throughout the country.
WEYERHAEUSER FOREST PRODUCTS
SAINT PAUL* MINNESOTA
Producers of Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock, Washington Red Cedar and Cedar Shingles on the Pacific Coast; Idaho White Pine, Western Soft Pine, Red Fir and Larch in the Inland Empire; Northern White Pine and Norway Pine in the Lake States,
Northern White Pine Idaho White Pine Western Soft Pine
Western Hemlock Washington Red Cedar Red Fir and Larch
Norway Pine
TAKING THE GUESSWORK OUT OF
THE SELECTION OF LUMBER
I
N the early days, the use of soft wood in
this country was largely confined to one or two species. They happened to be good all-purpose woods.
Toward the close of the last century a number of new woods, which had up to that time been used only locally, came into the general market.
These woods are of many kinds, with numerous grades of each kind.
As these new woods came along they were used everywhere that the older known species had been used. For some purposes the new woods proved the equal of the old; for certain very important purposes, superior; where they failed, it was because they were used in the wrong service.
Out of the experience of the last twenty years there has accumulated a scientific knowledge of the fitness of the different woods for particular uses that can be helpful to every user of wood.
* * *
Today we know how much weight various kinds of timber will bear; what woods will last longest when exposed to the weather and in contact with the soil or moisture; how preservative treatment affects the life of woods; which woods have a tendency to warp and which “stay put.”
We know the relative merits of the different woods as railway ties, as flooring material, as pipe staves, as tanks, in car
construction, and so on through all the varied uses to which wood can be put.
The selection of wood has ceased to depend on guesswork. Experience, observation, research and experiment have placed it on a scientific basis.
* * *
What we advocate is conservation and economy through the use of the right wood in its proper place.
To this end we will supply to lumber dealers and to the public, any desired information as to the qualities of the different species and the best wood for a given purpose.
This service will be as broad and impartial as we know how to make it. We are not partisans of any particular species of wood. We advise the best lumber for the purpose, whether we handle it or not.
From now on the Weyerhaeuser Forest Products trade-mark will be plainly stamped on our product.
When you buy lumber for any purpose, no matter how much or how little, you can look at the mark and know that you are getting a standard article of known merit.
Weyerhaeuser Forest Products are distributed through the established trade channels by the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, Spokane, Washington, with branch offices and representatives throughout the country.
WEYERHAEUSER FOREST PRODUCTS
SAINT PAUL* MINNESOTA
Producers of Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock, Washington Red Cedar and Cedar Shingles on the Pacific Coast; Idaho White Pine, Western Soft Pine, Red Fir and Larch in the Inland Empire; Northern White Pine and Norway Pine in the Lake States,