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index: s001-002

title: Standard Specifications for Grades of Southern Yellow Pine Lumber

subtitle: Issued by the Southern Pine Association

w x h (cm): 9 x 16

published by: Southern Pine Association

date: 3/15/1916

pages: 48 (?)

condition: p -missing about 12 pages at the end.

errata:  The association that put out this pamphlet is now called the Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA).  According to the history page on their site:

Founded in 1915 as the Southern Pine Association, this nonprofit trade association of Southern Pine lumber manufacturers changed its name in 1970, but not its purpose. The word “Service” was inscribed in the seal of the original Southern Pine Association, and “Service” remains the organization’s simple motto to this day…  In 1915, the specter of a timber famine hung over Southern forests. The association, whose founders were the “fathers of forestry,” initiated the practice of forest management in the South. These pioneers, at first ridiculed for what was perceived as naive efforts, slowly led the Southern lumber industry to renewed vigor.

That’s neat:  This pamphlet was released only a year after the founding of the association

choice quote: “Recognized defects in Yellow Pine are knots, knot holes, splits (either from seasoning, ring hearts or rough handling), shake, wane, red heart, pith, rot, rotten streaks, worm holes, pitch, pitch pockets, torn grain, loosened grain, seasoning checks, sap stains and defects caused by manufacturing.”