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Lumber Grade-Marking History: 1916
Date Published 12/13/2018
Introduction 1916 was a year that gave us a great many things for the first time, many of which our lives literally depend on today. On New Year’s Day, the British Royal Army Medical Corps carried out not only the first successful blood transfusion in history, but they did so using blood that had already Continue reading..
Lumber Grade-Marking History: 1915
Date Published 11/16/2018
About the History of Lumber Grade Marking SPIB has been in the process of archiving some of its historical documents. In that process, we discovered a rare and treasured story about the history of grade marking southern pine. It begins in 1883 and leads us up to 1940 when SPIB was created. W.D. Durland prepared Continue reading..
All Pine Trees Aren’t the Same: It May be One of Several Species
Date Published 02/16/2018
The term,” yellow pine”, can refer to several pine species or groups of species which tend to grow in similar forest types and yield similar strong wood. In the Western US, yellow pine refers to Jeffrey pine or Ponderosa pine. In the United Kingdom, yellow pine refers to Eastern white pine or Scots pine. In Continue reading..