449 



Blue g:um 15 28 16,900 34 8,190 



Red Mahogany . . 15 4 i4>55o 2 7,920 



Red gum 15 9 14,380 6 7,723 



Manna gum 15 12 13,093 20 7,309 



A comparison with Forest Service tests on hickory shows 

 that 30-year old blue gum is stronger than hickory, and that 

 15-year-old sugar gum is nearly as strong as black hickory and 

 91 per cent, as strong as second-growth hickory. 



The wood of very young and sappy trees is apt to warp, bu*- 

 that from more mature growth can be easily handled to pre- 

 vent warping. Early seasoning should proceed slowly. Open 

 piling is desirable; the stacks should be high to secure weight, 

 and should be covered. 



Several of the eucah^ptus grow rapidly in California, and, 

 under forest conditions, form straight, tall boles free from 

 branches. They have, therefore, especial value as timber trees. 

 — U. S. Department of .A.griculture, Forest Service, Trade Bul- 

 letin 8. 



U. S. FOREST SERVICE CIRCULARS. 



The following particulars, as they possess some local in- 

 terest, are quoted from recent circulars compiled by Mr. H. M. 

 Hale of the U. S. Forest Service : 



WOOD DISTILLATION IN THE U. S. IN 1905. 



"The total consumption of wood used for distillation in 1905 

 throughout the United States was 676,739 cords, valued at 

 $2,010,611 ; and the products comprise 26,670,139 bushels of 

 charcoal, 5,062,076 gallons of alcohol, 86,685,129 pounds of 

 acetate of lime, 238,180 gallons of turpentine, and 1,039,980 

 gallons of tar and oil, besides 434,780 gallons of oil from pine 

 distillation. The total for tar distillation from hardwood is 

 very small. As a matter of fact, the figures do not even ap- 

 proximate the actual amount, but. instead, represent only the 

 amount saved and refined. Owing to certain characteristics of 

 the tar obtained from hadwoods, which make it of low com- 

 mercial value, most of it is used for fuel, either in carbonizing 

 the wood or in refining the liquor, and when so used no record 

 is kept of the quantity produced." 



WOOD USED FOR VENEER IN 1905. 



"The absence of figures in the census reports shows that, 

 down to 1900, veneering had not assumed the importance of an 

 industry worthy of special attention. At the present time, 



