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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



depend, in a considerable measure, for their livelihood. 



Importation is undesirable because of the high cost. 



What the French prefer and advocate, is a provision 

 in the Peace Treaty for compelling Germany to refund 

 to France the amount of timber destroyed in France. 

 That Germany is capable of doing this is evident as she 

 is rich in forest wealth. Her total wooded area amounts 

 to almost 35,000.000 acres and her annual production, 

 exclusive of fire wood, is about 8,500,000,000 board feet. 



erage and vehicles. Large lumber such as yellow pine, 

 Douglas fir, etc., is desired for bridge, railroad and canal 

 repair and construction. Most of the construction lum- 

 ber and general lumber which she may need can be sup- 

 plied from her own resources and after a short time may 

 be secured from the Baltic region at lower prices than 

 she could secure the same lumber from America. Finland 

 has a quantity of lumber ready to ship and lacks only 

 the shipping. This timber is from forests cut on about 



WORK FOR I-OU?:ST REGIMENT UN1T.S AND BRIDGE ENGINEERS 



The Germans ile.slroyed this bridge in their retreat from Chateau Thierry and pontoons made of lumber produced by the 20th Regiment units near 

 the fighting line and constructe<l by bridjie engineers were needed for the troops advancing in pursuit. 



LumbeniK'ii of the United States are naturally curious 

 to learn of lumber trade ])OBsibililies in luiropc, and it 

 was therefore interesting to secure information regarding 

 the possibility of American lumber finding a mari<et in 

 France. Some inquiries revealed the information that 

 there is a possible market for hardwoods of the best 

 grade for interior work, par(|uet flooring, furniture, cooj)- 



a lifty-ycar rotation period. The American luniheiineii 

 must realize the necessity in developing a market abroad, 

 of taking advantage of the Webb Law, establishing agen- 

 cies, meeting earnest competition and making a market 

 for the sale of their best material to the high-class trade 

 by using clever salesmen earnestly advertising their goods 

 and quickly meeting the market conditions. 



CASCARA STUMPAGE ADVERTISED UN SIUSLAW 



n^tlE fust advertisement of cascara-bark stumpage on 

 ■*■ the National Forests is now being run. The adver- 

 tisement covers some eight hundred acres on the Smith 

 River drainage basin in the Siuslaw National Forest, 

 which is estimated to yield twenty thousand pounds of 

 dry cascara-bark. The minimum ])rice named is three 

 cents per pound, which has been the prevailing i)rice for 



cascara-bark stumpage on the National Forest during 

 the high prices of the last year. Many sales of cascara- 

 bark, aggregating thousands of pounds, are made every 

 year on the Siuslaw, but most of the sales are for small 

 amounts. Pealing of cascara-bark is ordinarily distinctly 

 a home industry, done by the settler with perhaps the 

 help of some member of his family. 



