Why did Kibler's start buying and cutting its own curly maple logs instead of only buying pre-cut lumber?

Kibler's began sourcing curly maple logs and cutting them on its own sawmill because the availability of already-cut curly maple lumber, in the thicknesses needed for stock blanks, was not sufficient to meet demand. We no longer run the sawmill. Buying enough good logs at an affordable price proved too difficult, running the sawmill was a lot of work, and we developed other sources for wood. Today we buy curly maple boards from those sources, mostly in northern Pennsylvania and Michigan.