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|ilaiili-il whrn ..foses «as oil Mcumt lli.rch 

 ami eared for iliiriiig eighty ceutuvit's; they 

 Imve witli.studil the action of the glacial age, 

 .if a thmisainl forest fires and storms of 

 .ii'atest severity, yet America's boasted 

 ■•ivilization permits man to destroy them in 

 H ilay, that he may gain a few ]>altry dnl- 

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The redwoods reach down toward the 

 coast fnrther than do the big trees, so that 

 they are more easily accessible to hunber- 

 men. Many contend that the small region 

 which they inhabit will have to be protected 

 bv the government at an early date if any 

 of the magnificent redwood forests are to lie 

 rescued from the saw ; only iu a few locations 

 Las the devastation been checked. The vast 

 size and height of thes:> trees, rather than 

 the actual market value of tlieir lumber 

 product, makes the yield from one acre inor 

 ^ous. and it is put to base uses which ntlui- 

 trees could as well supply. Thirtysoveu 

 mills, cutting :i7o,00(l,unii feet annually are 

 eating their way into the heart of th:> red- 

 wood forests, and yet so-called conservative 

 lumbermen of the West maintain that at the 

 jiresent rate of cutting they will endure for 

 2.50 years. It is estimated that an average 

 acre of redwood tiinberland will yield •'JO.Ofli) 

 feet of lundier, but again one iwc aloiu' has 

 been known to contain (i(),:j(in feet. 



The wonderful big trees, while a closely al- 

 lied species, do not furnish the true red- 

 wood lumber, which, although new, is fast be- 

 coming recognized as a staple article in the 



hindjcr uiarKets of thi' country. It is un- 

 equalled in durability where used in contact 

 with the soil, or when exposed to inclement 

 weather. In one of the forests of northern 

 California there lies prostrate a huge rod- 

 wood which some mighty storm felled to 

 earth, and upon its recumbent trunk a spruce 

 tree thirty inches in diameter and at least 

 a hundred years old, is growing, its roots 

 i'.\t:nding down and around the (pieer founda- 

 tion. Not only docs the redwood display 

 wonderful vitality in its resistance to the 

 earth and climats, but in its immuuity to the 

 depredations of the white ant and other 

 dreaded insects. In the tropics particularly 

 is it appreciated for this feature. 



For shingles it is practically inciunhiistiblc, 

 although the fact that it is likewise used as 

 kindling may seem contradictory; it is not 

 necessarily, however, for as there is no pitch 

 in redwood it will not carry fire when it con- 

 tains the slightest nu)i,sture, which roofs 

 iisuaKy hold. The wood does not war]), 

 shrink, nor swell appreciably; it has been wet 

 for weeks without the calipers showing th.' 

 least change in dimension, and thus it is de- 

 sirable for pattern work, wlicre such qualities 

 are essential. 



The largest part of the redwood cut is 

 distributed along the west coast of the 

 I'liitecl States, but as England, Germany, 

 Australia, Hawaii, the I'hilippines and other 

 large consumers ar,' commencing to under- 

 stand and ap|irec:ate it, foreign orders are 

 growing in nundiers and magnitude, so that 

 it is only a question of a shurt time when 



it will become a close rival of other valuable 

 ami better-known timber. 



The illustrati(ms depicting redwood stump- 

 age and logs are from illustrations loaned the 

 ll.\Kn\v(K)D Record by the I'acific i^umber 

 Company of rfan Francisco, and show to 

 (jxcellent advantage the fine tindier growing 

 upon its Humboldt county properties. The 

 big tree picture herewith grew on the prop- 

 erty of the Hunie-Beanett Lumber (^)mpany, 

 near Sanger, Fresno county, C'al. 



Utilization of Wood Waste. 



TTie subject of the ulilization *ti wood waslc. 

 whicli is now allraituii; so mndi attention, will 

 rwcive a stroujj impcms from tl)e puljlicntion 

 in l)oolv form of a scries of articles wltii-li Iiavc 

 ai)i)eare(l from time to time in tlie St. I.ouis 

 l.ninl>ei'niaii. under tlic above title. 



T*lic book treats nf the pr^tperties and prodtic- 

 tioii iif sucli sul«tances as turpentine, far, tar 

 oil. pilcli. ciik.'. diarconl. gas. grain-alcoluil, 

 r>xalic acid, acetic acid, p.vroliyneoas acid, paper- 

 making camphor, terpin h.vdratc, terpineol. clnc- 

 ole. rosin, rosin spirit, rosin oil, rosin gas, wood 

 creosote, wood alcoliol. acetate of lime, etc.; in 

 fact, of nearly all substances that have relation 

 to wood and its rhcniical treatment. luter- 

 spei'sed throu.irhout arc valuable hints relative 

 to the erection, malnteiutuce and operation of 

 a plant. All snpertluons matter has been avoid- 

 ed, for it was the aim to make the information 

 as concise as prtssiblc. The linal chapter gives 

 suK^'est ions as to tlie mauuei' in whicli a dis- 

 tilliUE plant lua.v be conducted .scientiUcall.v 

 wher*; conditions warrant. 



This is I lie onl.v l)iK>k ever published in this 

 (onnir.v. as far as the author knows, dcnilu): 

 so larscl.v with the distillation of resinous 

 woo<ls. and when used in <'onnectlon with gooil 

 practical knowledge of lumlH>rln»; and tiniliers 

 should be a great aiil In treuling such woods 

 succcssfnil.v. 



W. H. Harrier. M.S.. the author of the book. 

 has combined .vears of stud.v along these lines 

 with practical experience and investigation and 

 iv eniinenllv ipialilicd to write authoritatively. 



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