Selects and Better:

Widths:  4 in. and wider, of which 5% of  3 in. width is admitted.

Lengths:  Random 4ft. and longer admitting 10% of 4 ft. to 6 ft. lengths. 

Minimum cuttings:  4 in. wide by 3 ft.  long , or 3 in. wide by 6 ft. long.  There is no limit to the number of cuttings.  This grade admits all boards of 1 ft.  and over, surface measure, that will yield not less than 83-1/3% of clear- face cuttings, the reverse side of the cuttings sound as defined in "Sound Cutting," except that boards of 1 ft.  and over, surface measure, yielding not less than 83-1/3% clear-face cuttings on one face, the reverse side of the board grading not below No. 1 shop. 

Pith:  No piece shall be admitted which contains pith exceeding in the aggregate in inches in length twice the surface measure in feet.

Splits:  No piece shall be admitted which contains splits exceeding in the aggregate in inches in length twice the surface measure of the piece in feet, nor when diverging more than one inch to the foot in length, except  when one foot or shorter and covered by paragraph 59 of Standard Grades.

Wane:  On the face side of  Selects and  Better, wane or its equivalent shall be limited to one-twelfth the surface measure of the piece.

On the No. 1 Shop side of  Selects and Better,  wane or its equivalent shall not  exceed one-fourth the width by three-fourths the length in the aggregate, or pieces may alternately have wane one-third the width by one-half the length in the aggregate.  Width of the wane may be divided and show on both edges.  The reverse side of the cuttings in Selects and Better and No. 1 Shop are not required  to be sound.