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fires that run through the southern pineries. These pockets weakened 

 the trees in themselves and often being further weakened by fire many 

 thousands of them were broken off by the wind. The new system does 

 away with the pocket and instead uses an earthen cup into which the 

 pitch is drained. The pitch is drained from the scarified surface of the 

 trees by means of two strips of tin stuck in this surface, slanting toward 

 each other, one being a little lower than the other. The pitch drains from 

 the lower into the cup. The lessened surface of the pitch exposed to the 

 air increases its value at least 25 per cent, and as more is caiight by the 

 new method with less injury to the tree, many turpentine orchardists of 

 the South have already taken hold of it, in fact so many that the few 

 factories were unable to supply the demand for cups. 



The exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition is In charge of Mr. Gaskill. 

 In this exhibition a collection of pictures lining the walls of a long nar- 

 row room fully represent the character of the forests in all parts of the 

 United States. A large map of the United States made of putty and paint 

 shows the forest regions in color, and by means of colored pins shows the 

 location of the National Forest reserves, forest schools, and places and 

 kind of work that has been done in the United States by the Bureau 

 of Forestry. Piles of railroad ties treated to creosote show some of the 

 work of the Division of Forest Products. Samples of piles are shown 

 that were in use in southern bays not mox"e than six months which 

 were thoroughly honeycombed, while samples of others that had 

 been first creosoted and then put in the same place were perfectly sound 

 after five years' service. Outside the building you will find logs of Cedar, 

 Red Wood. Bull Pine, Oak, Sycamore, Poplar, etc., of immense size. 

 Many of the States, the Philippine Islands and Canada also have most 

 excellent exhibits of those forest products. Don't fail to visit these 

 exhibits if you attend the Exposition, as you will surely be much inter- 

 ested. 



Division of Management.— This division is responsible for the making 

 of the working plans, commercial tree studies and woodlot examinations. 

 At present the Bureau is making working plans for — 



1. Emmet O'Neal, Northern Alabama. 



2. Northern Pacific R. R. Co., Idaho. 



3. Hillman Land and Iron Company, Western Kentucky. 



4. Ansel Dickinson Estate, New Hampshire. 



5. New York & Texas Land and Cattle Co., Western Texas. 



6. Weyerhauser Timber Company, Washington. 



7. United States Coal and Oil Company, West Virginia. 



Most of these- represent large areas. The Weyerhauser Timber Com- 

 pany of Washington, have more than twelve hundred thousand acres, part 

 of which contains some of the finest timber in the world. 



