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Show " Better Wood Utilization. ' Ogden, ,Ut8b.- Apull -laPdrtst conBorvatlo'u means tho striving for a better utilization' of forest jiroduots. and the oofjfceqtierit oKeoklng of use-less use-less waste aa ruuob as it dona the pro tootlon of forests from fires ami tho reforestation of laadB Tsbloh should grow timber, aooordiug to foresters and progressive lnmbarmon of tbe aew sobool.1 .,. - - ' ' Few people have a clear idopf.tU0 importance of' tho study ' of pr.oper - wood utilization, and onh'of tbo off eats of tbe estaolisumeut of, tho .For j eifc Service Dlstrlat'ouloca moat bono- Uoial to tho poopla.of the woot is tho (possibility of n oloso, hr'. aful relation rela-tion with a'abrauoh of. tbu Survioo nhoee workings havo.hgrot ,fgre boon Utile understood in 'this ri'on. This iB'tbe Branoh of Produotrf -' w " The work of thla Dart otr thfl Eor ' eat Sroviou hoa to do with' tho bout and most economical utilization of' tbe products of the forest, noty onjy v lumber and its produota but r.lgq tho bark, resin, nap. and oven lonvoa, of these treos of whloh those ports oro of value to mau. ' It is not euouglp-thuV'drirS'dubuld bo given to tho grow.lyg of a,uov for- - - est End to the pnrpful and eaonotnloal outtlug of tho -tirus'out'rop of trees, ! ' but lt a of equal imporfuaao"tbut i oare be takeu t'd brlu'g"ab6uli iih oom- I . plete a utilizntion-bf tlio tree na ' poa 1 alble and to tnuho tho utilizod timber bjb-- " fy0 bring about the- utilization of ' Vw whnt is uqw wasted t manufaotare or J to inbreaso tho usaiijo JlXo of timber I is ooiisidered asrauqh Joima'2 CbriBr- 1 vation bb to grow a forest a whore tho I original baa been Out off. SIdco fully mpro than 50 tier' oeufc I of the growing treo Is not utilized no-I no-I oording to Amorloau niothodoot lUn I boring it appearathat thorn "Is u ooii-I ooii-I sidorablo neod ofrBtrnT. uloi)xt'li"d'j'In(' of moro eoouomioal utilization, jtil 1 though existing conditions aro so 1 different aa to mdkqqoinparbmBHdilfi L I cult yet the faoCthat in'-Gormi)tty ipraotiually 80 pe debt' dTtlie 'tVo Ib UBQd gives borne indication- ofiwhltt' way be. aooomplisped wbero the price' of lumber and tho lack of a fiudlolent supply make e (Ho lent ' and ' chrof ul methods indlspenablo. ; Tho Branqs of lro'duots hns-.mndo a speolal effort to mako possible the ctillzatiou of tne ;wasto incident ,Co msuufaoturo after tho lop:4 hua ronohod the mill. For tsnm.e tltuo exporl aaonta bavo boon oarried on otudyjng the possibilities of utilising slnbB and aawduBt. in regions wl tore there ia n sutilolen't demand a cocfsiderabln in-oomo in-oomo is derived from (ho seoondary manufacture by prlva' to parties, of slnba and edgings nto. box sbooks, barrel staves and lath. As yet private pri-vate and federal efforts) to utilize saw dust havo not boon as suoaevBful aa J may be desired. 1h( !llnea of most 1 promise, however, ha ro been lis use4 1 in paper making and in tho dlstllli- 1 ' tlon of pine sawduch: fat Ih'o produo tion of turpentine. JIach remains to ; , bo aoomplishod, 'flouovor, to make i ? this work' an unqualified aucacs. Still nnohor r'jBslpatio.n of timber I wealth has oco'jrrcd through juoju- Idloe or tho igridrance of th' properties proper-ties of oertAln wtloi.i. For aame reason certain spooles huvo 'ieon oou-aidered oou-aidered aa inferior largely because snob a prejudice bap been ormod against tbem aa,to render. them prao-tically prao-tically vnluehaB un tho lumber niur--2 ket on .which acoounttti'By wcre-i ef t S$ . in tha wood-a, n'total"loes.-'i Jn vavf A. m oaeeajhe popular concepttoB 'of tlir $ W value bos JHtnr not boon borne' outTtT r. I 'the facta, oj baH been fotibd t6bi)vth"o ' a result of Ignorance btfil " p'tjMi?, : m method of handling tb! ' o.te. Notable examples aro ICboao- of rite I m bomlook anil red gum -' the 'Gait,. w whlob for n long time rrejCLti p n el ii I' rtl! I worthless aa d, were wostejS; 4tuti -which f 1 upon a bettirunderfituniipg jjf1 tjhelr I ,uso and prQj38-tiea,havo,;Mratf tuiiBve. 1 ' i w 1 .?' f J; ,-.- fa .X' ? m ' oousidorablo value aa lumber trees. The 'western homjook and tanbark oak suffered tho same fateV and- caused the total logs of millions of feet of good lumbor. To nlimlnnto this waste timber tim-ber testing laboratories are tjond acted .by the Forest Service In whloh woods' 'aro tested to ascertain thoir true value val-ue and properties and to formulate methods .wheroby they may take thojr rightful place atilOn'g the' woods of ocpbomioa value to pal).; ' ' Thp Fdrq'st Serv'Ioo with Dietrlot 'hortdquartetB In Ogdon Is ready to give what Ibfornintipnjt may havo. at-itB at-itB command ooucorningtho'valuo'and properties. of any wood or to uoopor- itto with prlvato individoals to 'mako testa on wooda oqucerning whloh no Juformation ia at baud.. t - The ohiof Hold of activity Jn .tbo Ogdon ollloo of products' will un doubtedly be tho prenrvatlvo treat; meut df timber, sinoo the ootiditious of timber supply ln rolqtlon' to' do ,mSod itr tiis region aro suoh ob to ,make the luoroaoo of the durability of timber of greatest imnort to1 those industries dependent upon its use. Tbo fat bat practically all" of tho lilmbor used in Ogdon and vioiuitvls 8llppod nt onnsiderabjo exponBa from )Oregon and-Oullfomla loud's prnotloal vula'o to tho prepervative treatment of Wnh timber as is ueod In oontaot with tho soil siuco Buoh treatment will praotlcully 'double its Jlfo. The moat, common and suanpsBfuI ttnvauqaijijlriathoujpr tlon with some ouo of the solutions obtained 'from the dlatillntlona of ooal. Thoso Bubstanoes provout deoay by'tholriftit'ion as nntlsoptio against wood destroying bacteria and fungi and by preventing tho eutranoo of m old turd into the wood. Ziun ohlor-ido ohlor-ido la used to Bomo extent, hut boiug Boiuble in wator ltloaobop out aftor a timo.and its yalco b.b an antioptlo Ib tost''. ' Tho Ollloo pf Products of this District Dis-trict la desirous r,f coming in touob -with nil' who1 uso timber where preser-vatlon preser-vatlon "wquld lengthen its uuo and Btruude ready to rondor practical db-'elstanoo db-'elstanoo both by furbishing lulorma-tlqn lulorma-tlqn concerning tbo treatment ot timber tim-ber and by 'cooperating in tbo .installation .instal-lation and oporatiou of timber treating treat-ing plants. - |