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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



ant that destroys other soft and hard- 

 woods. 



Notwithstanding the handicaps that 

 have existed in connection with the 

 marketing of Redwood in the East, the 

 present vokune of Eastern shipments is 

 now about 75,000,000 feet annually. 

 This stock is distributed in practically 

 every state, except those in the extreme 

 south, from Colorado to Maine. While 

 Redwood is extremely heavy when it is 

 first cut, it dries out very light so that it 

 may be advantageously shipped East 

 on high rates of freight in competition 

 with other woods. The foreign market 

 takes even greater quantities of Red- 

 wood than the Eastern market. Au- 

 stralia and the United Kingdom are the 

 largest consumers of the upper grades, 

 while the west coast of South America, 

 India, China, the Philippine and Hawai- 

 ian Islands use quantities of Redwood 

 ties. Smaller shipments of Redwood 

 have been made to the east coast of 

 South America, France, Germany and 

 South Africa. Earlier shipments of 

 Clear Redwood to Australia and Great 

 Britian were largely heavy plank in the 

 green state. Recently both of these 

 cotmtries have begun to realize the 

 advantage of purchasing seasoned mater- 

 ial in the sizes that are actually going 

 to be used, and as many of the mills are 



now equipped to handle seasoned stock 

 in large quantities, the volume of 

 business has been considerably in- 

 creased. Australia has already ordered 

 50,000,000 feet of Clear Redwood in 

 1914. 



The problem of drying Redwood 

 properly has been a serious one because 

 of the large amount of moisture the wood 

 contains. Earlier shipments of kiln- 

 dried material did not give satisfaction 

 because of the stock being dried too 

 quickly, or too much, leaving the wood 

 brittle and likely to split. Now the 

 maniifacturers realize that the best 

 method of artificial drying is the one 

 that approaches most nearly the natural 

 air-drying, namely, a low heat with a 

 big circulation of air to carry off the 

 moisture. 



The ability to furnish seasoned Red- 

 wood in large quantities will undoubted- 

 ly open new markets throughout the 

 world, and with the improved condi- 

 tions for marketing their products, be- 

 cause of the Panama Canal and the 

 Northwestern Pacific Railroad, the Red- 

 wood manufacturers of California are 

 looking forward to a period of pros- 

 perity that will increase by leaps and 

 bounds as the true worth of their wood 

 is recognized in a greater degree. 



AN EFFECTIVE F^ORESTRY EXHIBIT 



NEW JERSEY made an exhibit 

 at the Trenton Interstate Fair 

 which appears to have gone a 

 long way toward presenting 

 the aims and methods of forestry to the 

 people, especially to the farmers, who 

 may be interested as woodland owners. 

 The Trenton Fair, held annually at 

 the end of September, usually attracts 

 upwards of 150,000 people from all over 

 New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. 

 A very large proportion of them are 

 farmers who seek information as well as 

 amusement. 



The forestry exhibit was established 

 on a lot 55 feet by 100 feet surrounded 

 by an old-fashioned post and rail fence 



made of blight-killed chestnut. Telling 

 placards showed that this fence com- 

 pared favorably in cost and in dura- 

 bility with any of the modem forms. 

 The central feature within the enclosure 

 was a slab cabin 20 feet by 25 feet in 

 which were exhibited large pictures of 

 forest operations, a collection of forestry 

 tools, etc. Outside the cabin were dis- 

 played various local forest products, 

 each labeled in a way to show the visitor 

 its value as a forest product apart from 

 its worth as merchandise. A special 

 effort was made to label everything 

 shown in a way to convey the sort of 

 information that a visitor was most 



