Canadian wood products industries . g conditions, were sufficient to prove thathe was not getting within 20 points of the desired relative humidity. He knew what he wanted, thoughthe was getting it, but wasnt. One of the first maxims for successfully operatinga dry kiln is to take nothing for granted. The op->erator should get right in the kiln and make sufficienttests to satisfy himself that the circulation, humidityand temperature in all parts of the kiln are as he wantsthem. That is the only way he can be sure, and, un-less he knows, he is working in the dark. Perhaps afew tests in your


Canadian wood products industries . g conditions, were sufficient to prove thathe was not getting within 20 points of the desired relative humidity. He knew what he wanted, thoughthe was getting it, but wasnt. One of the first maxims for successfully operatinga dry kiln is to take nothing for granted. The op->erator should get right in the kiln and make sufficienttests to satisfy himself that the circulation, humidityand temperature in all parts of the kiln are as he wantsthem. That is the only way he can be sure, and, un-less he knows, he is working in the dark. Perhaps afew tests in your kiln will reveal conditions whichmay give you food for thought. Why not make afew to-day? Heads Canadian Lumbermens Association Alfred E. Clark, Toronto, was elected president ofthe Canadian Lumbermens Association at the conven-tion held recently in Toronto. Mr. Clark, who is vice-president and managing-director of Edward Clark &Sous, Limited. Toronto, wholesale hardwood dealers,is well known to the lumbering and wood-using in-. A. E. Clark, Torontodustries having been interested in lumber and lumber-ing practically all his life. As a boy he assisted in thelogging and manufacturing operations which wereconducted by his father. Later, when Mr. Clark, Sr.,sold his mill and moved to Hamilton to enter thewholesale field, Alf. as he is familiarly known, tookan active interest in the firm which w as then known asEdward Clark & Son. In VK)7 the business was movedfrom Hamilton to Toronto. The new president has always been intenselv in-terested in the progress and development of the lum-bering industry. He was one of the organizers andchairman for two years of the Wholesale LumberDealers Association, Toronto, and has for a numiberof years been a director of the Canadian LumbermensAssociation. His activities are not confined entirelyto Canada as he is a trustee of the National WholesaleLumber Dealers Association, New York, and a formerdirector of the National Hardwood Lumber Associa-tion


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