Show TIMBER NEEDED FOR FRANCE virgin forests of vast area in africa may be drawn upon for sup ply after the war I 1 ranee is beginning to figure out how to meet an anticipated hortage hort in lumber and firewood after the war alie of forests by shellfire and the beav demand for lumber for barbacki bar and road construction combine to make a deficit of 3 cubic feet annually beyond the range of shells on both sides of the front the military woodsman woodsmen woods men s axes have drawn heavily on timber from the orth sea to the salm frontier the consumption of lumber will increase during the war at the rate of feet a year and for several jcarl after peace is made the demand will continue for the repair and rebuilding of devastated regions the solution of the problem Is considered to be a question of transportation and of orect in ilie colonies specialists have circulated that french equatorial equit orial and western africa madagascar guinea and biln do chann possess squire miles of virgin timber land could amply auppl iranee and several botn cr countries with fuel and lumber |