FORESTRY WORKERS OF LOUISIANA 



Mis. I. D. (Alice Mai) Wilkinson of Shreveport, Chairman of the Executive Council of the Louisiana Forestry Association 

 and Chairman of the Waterways Committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs (page 19) 



and makes a fine tree for ornamental 

 purposes. We have in Louisiana a good 

 deal of willow and tupelo gum, which 

 are quick growers and should be used 

 to a great deal of profit in the manu- 

 facture of barrel timber^ case goods, 

 and veneer work, and are, as a rule, 

 considered quick-growing timber ; and 

 they could be used to great advantage 

 for planting along our denuded cypress 

 swamps and along the battures of the 

 Mississippi River. For this purpose, I 

 feel that they would aid in preventing 

 caving banks and would go a long way 

 to assist in the protection of our levees 

 during high water, and would help the 

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conservation of our timber by being 

 planted behind the levees along the 

 river. 



Another substance that grows in 

 Louisiana forests, principally along our 

 inland lakes and bayous, is the gray 

 or Spanish moss, which grows on al- 

 most all the trees that are raised in 

 this state. This moss is generally picked 

 when the trees are being cut down for 

 the mills, and is allowed to rot, when 

 it becomes black and makes valuable 

 material for the making of mattresses, 

 cushions, and pillows, and is shipped to 

 all parts of the United States. 



