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Show FIGHTING ASH-WOOD BORERS Investigations to Prevent Serious Losses of Forest Resources From Damage by Pests. (Prepared by the United States Department Depart-ment ! Agriculture I Special Investigations to prevent serious se-rious losses of forest resources from damage by wood and bark-boring insects in-sects has been a part of the Important Impor-tant wur-tlme work of the bureau of entomology, United States department of agriculture. Hecent Investigations of logging and manufacturing operations opera-tions In Mississippi to meet the demand de-mand for ash ours, bundles, and other supplies required by the war service showed that one compuny had lost more than 1,000,000 feet of ash logs through failure to provide for prompt utilization after the trees were cut and thus prevent the nttuck of destructive de-structive ash-wood borers. The general gen-eral adoption of the methods udvlsed by this bureuu hus resulted In u continued con-tinued reduction of the heretofore serious se-rious losses of seusoned ash and other hardwood sup material from powder post. |