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Selection, installation, finish and maintenance of wood floors for dwellings

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Helphenstine, R. K. (Rufus King), b. 1882, Browne, F. L. (Frederick Lincoln), 1895-, and United States. Department of Agriculture

Abstract:

The popularity of wood for floors of dwellings dates back to pioneer days, when our forefathers used thick, hewed sections of log smoothed as far as possible on one face with an adz and laid edge to edge to make their puncheon floors . Later, during colonial days, when sawed...

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edge and the other end . This permits the pieces to be tightly interlocked both alon g the sides and at
The two-lined chestnut borer

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Chittenden, F. H. (Frank Hurlbut), 1858-1929 and United States. Division of Entomology

Abstract:

Recent years have witnessed extensive destruction of forest growth, particularly of pine, spruce, and chestnut, in portions of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. This injury has been very generally attributed to insects, and there is evidence that certain wood and bark-boring species have largely contributed to the...

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noticed at the same time by Mr. G. B. Sudworth, of the Division of Forestry of this Department, in the