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Show I B R I E F S . . . by Baukhage Wood is growing in our forests at 1 the rate of about 11,000,000,000 cubic teet per year or about 21,500 cubic feet per minute. Wood is being taken from the forests at the rate of about 13,000.000,000 cubic feet per year, of which 2,000,000,000 cubic teet is lost due to fire, insects, and disease. If these destroyers could be controlled, present wood growth ivould almost balance wood use. Twenty-seven barter stores have been opened in Berlin, the British radio says, in reporting that the Berlin chamber of commerce had decided to make all wares subject to barter. Texas farm woodlands have an excellent record in fire prevention with less than 1 per cent burned annually an-nually for the past several years. |