> Quality lumber is incredibly expensive now compared with 1914.... Nearly knot-free, perfectly straight, that stuff would probably be put aside for high-end fi

> Quality lumber is incredibly expensive now compared with 1914.... Nearly knot-free, perfectly straight, that stuff would probably be put aside for high-end fine woodworking or even veneer-making, now. It was beautiful stuff and they stuck it under the floors. Could that have been lumber from old growth forests that are now either extinct or protected from logging? IIRC, lumber nowadays is basically farmed using relatively fast-growing trees.