On 2/24/2014 9:21 AM, Harry K wrote:
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... Grading standards have gone down. ...

I don't think it's so much standards themselves have changed for a given
grade so much but that with the lower availability and higher cost the
use of lower grades for equivalent purposes is inevitable.

Back when lumber was (comparatively) dirt cheap and plentiful there
wasn't any demand for the lesser grades for other than pulp or other
low-level uses or it was simply discarded. Now, it all has value so
even the sawdust is used in most mills.

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