| Show WOOD PULP ACT SAW MILL in insuik suto a pulp pull wood sup supply af pf 3 to meet aloqua adequately tely the future needs ot of the country seems deems one of the most important of the many forest problems of the file united states sta sin collected by government experts bowe however vei show lial hat if there bere iere 1 arc I r c possibilities in ili the field of invention for tile tho relief of the drain on tile count rys remaining pulp wood for ests by devising means of util utilizing I 1 zing sawmill saw mill waste wast i I 1 I 1 it Is estimated that are 4 ai million cords of slabs destroyed in 1 refuse burners of the lumber mills I 1 of tho the country each year tit the wood I 1 used u sed for pulp pull last bear amounted to fout million cords about a quarter of 0 which lial haj to ta be imported the enill casts es estimate ta mate is based on a I 1 recent canvass ot ol some of the he larger miln mills of tile the country 1 by i hie file united states stales forest service which established tile the interesting fuel fact that mills having in an iggie aggi gate egale nit of 5 ato million board feet had 1 a final waste of 0 cords of 0 s slabs 1 a tb s after the best had been used tor for 11 liali 11 assuming these mills to lo bo be representative it is seen that hut is still considerable waste in fit forest forese products at tile mill even after the earnest efforts of lumbermen during the I 1 last as ten tell icara cars to bring about a I 1 closer utilization il of the whole tree I 1 these figures mike make it look as if american inventors who are arc performing wonderful feats in other fields should get town down to ill the consideration de ration of methods to make those these waste slabs available for tile the pulp makers along tills this line would a also so be likely to show tile the way for utilization ot of choit thousands ands of tons of sawdust which are now wasted each year it Is true rue that some utilization Is being made of mill waste at pie sent but in ili most cases it Is only the larger and more modern plants that flat are even making any ally attempts in 1 I tills line file then as it Is the plants which use the waste slabs tiler after laths baths ire are made often waste tile the sawdust and those which use the sawdust waste the slabs the slab ic idue from the lumber himber cut of the lie coughy 1 is estimated to amount to about 14 million fords of which about six million with an all average value of a cord is sold for file fuel 0 saz 3 million burned by the tha mills for fuel file and 41 4 millions se sent tit to the refuse burners tills this last figure shows the enormous quantity of foiest product that is pule waste the iron furnace slag heaps heap s 1 leave bave been seized upon by the brick maker and the screening dump of the coal mines has become a valuable source of raw material for the briquette manufacture i exports experts say that it may prove possible to make just as good use ot of the waste heaps of the lumber mills if slabs and sawdust can be converted into pulp |
