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Timber trade journal, Aug. 25, 1917. — Wood 

 distillation in Canada, bv Jolin S. Bates, 

 p. XXI. 



Timberman, July, 1917. — Why American 

 lumber has made slight progress in 

 Europe, by Axel R. Oxholm, p. 34 ; New 

 H — list export grading rules for Doug- 

 las fir, hemlock and spruce, p. 37 ; The 

 forest fire season, p. 42; Relative 

 economy of the different types of tim- 

 ber trestle bridges, by O. P. \l. Goss, 

 p. 48 A-B. 



Timberman, Aug., 1917. — Fire hazard great- 

 est in many years, p. 34; Specific faL'ts 

 about electricity; its application to lum- 

 ber industry, by Allen E. Ransom, p 

 39; Pacific Coast spruce placed at dis- 

 posal of United States and her allies, 

 p. 40-3 ; West coast grading rules for 

 car material, p. 50-1 ; Forests of France, 

 where American forest regiment will 

 cut trench timbers, p. 59-61. 



United States daily consular report, Aug. 

 16, 1917.— Present status of India's 

 sandalwood industry, by Lucien Mem- 

 minger, p. 618-20. 



United States daily consular report, Aug. 

 20, 1917. — Italy provides for control of 

 tannitig extract, p. 663; Land-clearing 

 machines for Scotland, by Rufus Flem- 

 ing, p. 655. 



United States daily consular report, Au.s.;. 



27, 1917. — Supply of lignum-vitae in 

 Latin America, by Wm. L. Avery and 

 others, p. 763-5. 



United States daily consular report, Aug. 



28, 1917. — Pending concession for paper- 

 making monopoly in Costa Rica, by 

 Benjamin F. Chase, p. 777. 



United States daily consular report, Aug. 



29, 1917. — Insect damage to cork trees 

 in Calabria, by Robertson Honey, p. 799. 



United States daily consular report, Sept. 

 5, 1917. — Tannic extracts from chestnut 

 and other woods, bv David 1\ Wilber, 

 p. 866. 



United States daily consular report, Sept. 

 8, 1917. — Wattle bark for paper-making 

 p. 919; Brazilian oil-bearing seeds and 

 nuts, by Alfred Gottschalk, p. 920-1. 



Veneers, Sept., 1917.— Historical and status 

 data on veneering, J. Crow Taylor, p. 

 15-16; Shrinkage in seasoning, by A. C 

 West, p. 23-4. 



West Coast lumberman, Aug. 15, 1917.— 

 Wholesale and retail lumber operations 

 are fiercely competitive, by L. C. Boyle, 

 p. 25-7; "Tree cross" perfected by 

 Prof. E. T. Clark, University of Wash- 

 ington, p. 40. 



West Coast lumberman, Sept. I, 1917.— 

 Definite government instructions to air- 

 plane spruce manufacturers, p. 21. 



Wood preserving, July-Sept., 1917.— A Can- 

 adian creosoting plant, by R. V. Look, 

 p. 39-40; Steaming ties, by H. A. Paul, 

 p. 41 ; A modern paving-block machine, 

 p. 46-7. 



VV^ood turning, Sept., 1917.— Turning hat 

 blocks, p. 5-8; Ash and its uses, p 9; 

 Spoke making, p. 11-12. 



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