As far as the different reports can be weighed, the British timber market is ex- hibiting a little more confidence. White and red birch, it will be observed, have been marked up $2 per thousand. Maple is in good de- mand, but it has been difficult to advance prices to a much higher basis. There has been more activity in white ash and prices have stiffened slightly. Oak, cottonwood and cherry have ad- vanced materially of late.
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The situ- ation in respect to prices is a peculiar one. All kinds of hardwoods are moving free- ly and the outlook for trade for several months seems to be promising. inch selects, 1 to 2 inch fine common, bracket boards, narrow dressing boards and 12-inch No. Our Albany list this week shows an ad- vance in the price of 1 to 2 inch uppers, 2%. According to width, box lumber ranges from $15 to $22 and barn boards from $17 to $23. Buffalo and Tonawanda have a light sup- ply of box and barn boards. 2 plank are in strong de- mand and promise to advance in price. In some sections of Pennsylvania mill cull boards and No. Throughout the Eastern States there is a most hopeful feeling. There is also a scarcity in the upper Lake Su- perior district of 16-foot boards, especially No. This applies par- ticularly to long dimension stock. Buying for spring trade has been clearly in evidence, and on account of the short supply of certain sizes of white pine, some orders have been turned down by wholesalers. Developments of the past week have been in the direction of a. New Bruns- wick cedar singles are steady at a range from $3.35 to $3.45 for Boston delivery. Buying- of British deals is still restricted by the un- certainty which prevails as to the course of prices in the Mother Country, although shippers seem to be gaining- confidence that in the end they will be able to obtain the prices now demanded. : Southam Business PublicationsĬontributing Library: Fisher - University of TorontoĬanada Lumberman Weekly Edition ruling in the early winter. Subjects: Lumbering Forests and forestry Forest products Wood-pulp industry Wood-using industries Title: Canadian forest industries 1902-1904 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. TheZebra (31) of South Africa is the most handsome as well as the most TheAbyssinianWild Ass (13)is probably therigin of ouri^ u r o p e a nIreeds but inits nativecountry it is afine animal,speedy andstrong. The Barb is simply thevariety widelyspread by theMoors in theNorth of Af-rica. There is nothing special aboutthe African Horses, which aremainly derived from the Arabform. Its peculiar adaptation for the Desert is wellknown.
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TheCamel (1), as in South-east Asia, is the great ship of the Desert, and isthe most useful of all means of transport in North Africa. The Giraffe,notwithstanding itsgreat size, has verylittle power of self-protection, except by running and it is very timid and peaceable. Notwith-standing the enor-mous length of theneck, it only in-cludes seven verte-brae. Theirhorns are distin-guished from thatof any other group,by being perman-ently covered withsoft skin. The Griraffe (35) of Central and Soutliem Africa is one of the mostgraceful of all Ruminants, feeding on the lower branches of trees, whose leaves they gatherģ3.
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(George Thomas), 1850-1891Ĭontributing Library: Robarts - University of Torontoĭigitizing Sponsor: University of TorontoĬlick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Title: The world's inhabitants or, Mankind, animals, and plants being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islandsĪuthors: Bettany, G.