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Panoramic view of our yard and plant which shows 40,000,000 feet of Clear Redwood lumber, and 35,000,000 Redwood Shingles on 

 sticks air-drying. (The largest strictly air-dried Redwood Lumber Yard in the World.) Manufacturers of all kinds of Redwood Products, 

 consisting of Finish, Siding, Mouldings, Columns, Ballusters, Lattice, Ceiling, Tanks, Pipe, Silos Shingles, Shakes, Frames, etc. 



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REDWOOD MANUFACTURERS COMPANY 



Pittsburg, California 



BIRD- 

 LORE 



A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



Edited by FRAX'K M. CHAPMAN 



600 Pages 12 Colored Plates 



200 Photographs 



PRICE ONE DOLLAR 



It will tell you how to study birds, 

 how to form and conduct bird clubs, how 

 to make nesting boxes, feeding stands and 

 bird baths. You may consult its Advisory 

 Council, take part in its bird censuses, and, 

 in short, become one of the great fraternity 

 who find in birds "the most eloquent 

 expression of nature's beauty, joy and 

 freedom." 



We shall be glad to mail you a specimen 

 copy on request, 



D. APPLETON & CO. 



29 West .32d St., New York City 



Philip T.CoolidgcM.F. 



wishes to announce that on 



July 1, 1916, he will open an 



office for the practice of 



FORESTRY 

 at BANGOR, MAINE 



Management and Protection of Woodlands 



Improvement Cuttings Planting 



Timber Estimates and Maps 



Surveying 



Trade journals and consular reports 



American lumberman, April 15, 1916. — How 

 to build and operate a sawmill, by L. L. 

 Shertzer, p. 34-6. 



American lumberman, April 29, 1916. — 

 Efficiency in logging and lumbering, by 

 H. Lincoln Churchill, p. 25; The conifer 

 leaf oil industry, by A. W. Schorger, p. 

 28-9; A year's lumber production 

 analyzed; government submits figures 

 for 1914 and 1915, p. 31, 38. 



American lumberman. May 6, 1916. — The 

 use of southern yellow pine and Douglas 

 fir in mill construction type of buildings, 

 by Robert Seth Lindstrom, p. 32; Tells 

 conditions in English timber trade, by 

 A. H. Baldwin, p. 34—5; Douglas fir 

 sleepers needed for Indian roads, by 

 H. R. MacMiUan, p. 36; Fire fighting 

 work commended and criticised, by R. 

 P. McLaughlin, p. 37-8, 58; Timber 

 breaks testing machine, p. 40. 



Barrel and box, April, 1916. — A handy box 

 chart, p. 38. 



Brickbuilder, Sept. -Dec, 1915. — Use of na- 

 tive woods for interior finish, by C. M. 

 Price, p. 217-22, 239-42, 285-9, 295-300. 



Canada lumberman, April 15, 1916. — Making 

 bo.x boards from sawmill waste, by P. L. 

 Buttrick, p. 35-6. 



Canada lumberman, May 1, 1916. — The 

 commercial uses of willow, p. 37; Woods 

 used for specialties, p. 41. 



Electrical review and western electrician, 

 March 11, 1916. — Another angle on the 

 wood-waste problem, p. 463-4. 



Engineering news, Feb. 3, 1916. — Oil specifi- 

 cation for creosoted wood block, by H. 

 von Schrenk, p. 204-6. 



Engineering news, Feb. 24, 1916. — Yellow- 

 pine timber graded without guesswork, 

 by H. von Schrenk, p. 368-9. 



"Triangle Route" 



Spreadiag Panoramas and Vistas of 



Mountain Peaks 



Tumbling Waterfalls 

 Granite Heights 

 Cascades and 



River Scenes 



FROM EL PORTAL Going 



OR 



YOSEMITE VALLEY Returning 



TAKE A TRIP TO THE 



TUOLUMNE BIG TREES Grove 



Requires but three hours' extra 

 time of your itinerary and is a con- 

 siderable saving of time and money by 

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Two Trips in One Saves — Time and 

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FROM SAN FRANCISCO OR 

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A wonderful scenic trip through 

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From EL PORTAL or 

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Seeing the Big Trees at a cost of only 



$7.50 



Additional to Round Trip Railroad 

 Tickets to the Yosemite 



Engineering news, March 2, 1916. — Water- 

 gas tar for treating wood-pa\'ing blocks, 

 by J. S. Miller, Jr., p. 433. 



Engineering news, March 30, 1916. — Specifi- 

 cations for treating wood with creosote, 

 by K. Redman, p. 607-8. 



