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beautiful series of important inanufactiired articles showing tlie use 

 of black walnut. The material for this cooperative exhibit was con- 

 tributed by the following: American Walnut Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, Cliicago, 111., 13 photographs showing the manufacture of 

 walnut veneers and three-ply wood panels of the same material ; Win- 

 chester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., seven specimens of 

 walnut rifle stocks and fore ends; Pickrel Walnut Co., St. liouis, Mo., 

 composite panel containing eight figures of American walnut; Wood- 

 Mosaic Co. (Inc.), New Albany, Ind., three specimens of walnut 

 parquetry flooring; Hartzell Walnut Propeller Co., Piqua. Ohio, 

 three specimens showing the manufacture of a walnut aeroplane 

 propeller; George W. Hartzell, Piqua, Ohio, two specimens of walnut 

 stump-wood veneer; Penrod Walnut & Veneer Co., Kansas City, Mo., 

 six specimens of walnut burl veneer; and the American Wood Rim 

 Co., Onaway, Mich., one all-wood automobile steering wheel. 



Through the continued cooperation of the United States Forest 

 Service, another group of specimens illustrating wood turning was 

 added to the technical collections after the convention of the National 

 Association of Wood Turners, held in this city June, 1921. This 

 material Avas contributed by the following nine firms : American 

 Handle Co., Jonesboro, Ark., five ax and hammer handles of white 

 hickory; the J. B. Hellenberg Co. (Inc.), Coldwater, Mich., 31 speci- 

 mens of sporting and athletic goods, wands, mallets, etc. ; American 

 Enamel Co., ProA^dence, R. I.. 34 specimens of umbrella handles; 

 Warren Novelty Co., Warren, Vt., one hard-maple candle pin for 

 use in game of that name; Horatio Kelsey (Inc.), Clinton, Conn., 

 two specimens of red hickory hatchet and hammer handles ; Newton 

 & Thompson Manufacturing Co., Brandon, Vt., 150 small toys and 

 toy and game parts, showing irregular Avood turning; Crandall Bros., 

 North Kingsville, Ohio, 30 specimens of bungs, faucets, and vent 

 plugs for casks; Jenkins & Bogart Manufacturing Co., Kingfield. 

 Me., three specimens of shaving brush handles and one novelty wood 

 turning; and Oldtown Realty Co., OldtoAvn, Me., 14 specimens of 

 mop and dust brush handles and finger and comber blocks. 



From George W. Smith & Co. (Inc.), Philadelphia, Pa., there was 

 receiA-ed a series of six specimens showing the use of laminated wood 

 in the manufacture of Avoodisk Avheels for motoi' vehicles. The 

 growing importance of the use of Avood in the manufacture of motor- 

 driven vehicles is indicated by its position of eleventh place as com- 

 pared Avith twenty-first place for other vehicles in a recent list of 

 wood-consuming industries of New York State. 



From the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Depart- 

 ment of Commerce, there Avas receiA^ed the loan of 153 specimens of 

 woods, representing 108 species, from the folloAving countries: 



