September 10, 1915. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



29 



Reclaiming a Million Logs 



The work of reclaiming logs from the bottoms of rivers in the Tlcinify 

 of Muskegon, Mich., is nearly done. It is claimed that a million logs 

 have been taken from the bottoms of streams where some of them had 

 lain for forty or fifty years without undergoing any deterioration. Most 

 of the logs are white and Norway pine. They were lost during drives. 



Philippine Furniture in America 



Eflforts are being made fo find a market in this country for furniture 

 made by native workmen in the Philippines, and it is said the effort is 

 backed, by sanction at least, by the government. The furniture is of hard- 

 woods, most of which are hard, heavy, and strong, and their general color 

 is dark, though there are ,i number of light-colored woods in the Philip- 

 pines. The so-called Philippine m.ihogany has obtained a fairly lirm foot- 

 hold in America, and there are other woods in large numbers which are 

 attractive In appearance and serviceable. 



Standardizing California Walnuts 



Announcement is made by the California Walnut Growers' Association 

 that a by-product plant will be opened in Los Angeles shortly to work all 

 inferior nuts into by-products. This will raise the standard and conse- 

 quently increase the demand for California walnuts all over the country 

 by keeping from the market the culls, cracked and otherwise Inferior wal- 

 nuts. 



Several hundred tons of walnuts will probably be cracked up each season 

 and the association intends to make standard grades, putting the goods up 

 in the most approved way, believing that it will thus develop a fine 

 business on walnut halves and pieces shelled. The association also 

 intends to introduce this year 25 and 50 cent consumer packages of shelled 

 walnuts. 



A million or more cartons, containing 1 and 2 pounds of walnuts in the 

 shell, are also to be put out this season. All cartons will have a diamond- 

 shaped gelatine opening, so the consumer can see the contents. 



From the wood-user's standpoint the importance of the California walnut 

 Industry lies in the fact that a large supply of walnut timber is being 

 grown for the future while furnishing nuts for the present! These trees 

 are the same in species as the Circassian walnut of commerce. It is not 

 yet known whether the wood grown in California will develop the figure 

 and color which have given the great value to Circassian walnut. The 

 trees are all young and cannot be expected to enter the lumber market 

 for many years 



The World's Supply of Cork 



Three-fourths ot the world's supply of cork is grown in Spain and Portu- 

 gal. It is the b.nrk of an oak tree. The bark is peeled from the living 

 trunk, and in a few years a new bark takes the place of the one removed, 

 and the process of peeling may go on during the natural life of the tree. 

 The United States is one of the largest markets for cork. It is used as 

 bottle stoppers, for life preservers, net floats, and for numerous other pur- 

 poses. In 1914 the Dnited States bought cork from Spain to the value 

 of $.3,232,938. Cork oak trees planted in California nro growing well, but 

 are not yet old enough to be peeled with profit. 



Forestry School Camps in Adirondacks 



The .\ugust camp conducted hy the Xew York State College of Forestry 

 proved to bij a great success. In addition to the sophomore class of the 

 forest school, which is spending the entire summer in the district, a num- 

 ber of business men and others interested in forestry took advantage ot 

 the offer to spend August in study of sylviculture, forest mensuration and 

 survey. The work was conducted on the property of the Emporium 

 Forestry Company on Cranberry Lake in the Adirondacks. This com- 

 pany owns SO. 000 acres ot timberland in this vicinity and is operating 

 two mills. Birch, maple, ash. elm. oak, white pine, spruce and fir are 

 being manufactured. The region is rfild and interesting and proved to be 

 an ideal location for the forestry classes. In addition all the pleasures of 

 an outing in the mountains were enjoyed. Plenty of time was allowed for 

 hunting and fishing. Long tramps were made through the woods. The 

 classes were in charge of Dr. Hugh P. Baker, who is the dean of the fac- 

 ulty at Syracuse. Dr. Charles C. Adams and Prof. Brown of the same 

 institution had charge of portions of the instruction. 



Increased Wood for Shoes 



The scarcity of IoatIi*T in Germany and .\ustria has led to the use of 

 shoes without leather. Tliey are called "Carpathian sandals." Some have 

 a leather strap across the instep, but others are wholly of canvas and 

 wood. The uppers are cloth, and there is a cloth sole : but affixed to this 

 sole is a wooden sole, with a hinge to make the sandal flexible. These 

 sandals are classed as "the new war shoes," and they are said to be 

 popular. It is not stated that soldiers wear them, but it is said that 

 the civilians regard it a patriotic duty to wear the sandals in order to 

 save leather for the army's footwear. 



Forty Thousand Perfect Wheels 



The London Timber anil Woodirorking Machinery of a recent date 

 makes record of a remarkable piece of manufacturing. A contractor made 

 and delivered to the war department an order for 40.000 wheels, made 

 chiefly of oak and ash, for guns and wagons, and not a single wheel 

 was rejected. One of the most remarkable parts of the transaction was 

 that within ten weeks after the trees were felled in the forest, the 

 wheels were delivered to the war department. If all parts of the British 

 army's supply force is moving with that speed and accurac.v, the demand 

 for equipment must be met before a great while. 



Germans Gathering Acorns 

 Last fall school boys in Wurtemburg, Germany, collected 1,G00 tons 

 of acorns in that district. They were collected in the government forests, 

 and the peasants were permitted to collect them for hog feed. By so 

 doing a large quantit.v of grain was saved for other purposes. In the 

 \hardwood regions of the United States acorns constitute an important 

 item of swine food, but the hogs are always required to do their own 

 gathering. The acorns from the class of white oaks are best because 

 they are less bitter than those from the class called red or black oaks. 

 Some acorns arc so rank with tannin that swine will feed on them only 

 when driven by starvation. 



Timber Destroyed by Mt. Lassen 

 Mt. Lassen, California's solitary volcano, has rounded out an even 

 one hundred eruptions, and for some weeks past has been quiet. The 

 quantity ot timber destroyed is estimated at 10,000,000 feet. Most of 

 the damage was done by deluges of mud which carried boulders weighing 

 many tons. Timber was broken down in the paths of the mud rivers. 

 Some of the boulders, after having cooled for two weeks, w«re still suf- 

 ficiently hot to burn the hand when touched. 



Wood Exports in June 



The exports of wood and the manufactures of wood from the United 

 States in .June ot this year amounted to little more than half ot the ex- 

 ports during the corresponding month last year. 



This year the June experts of round and square timber totaled a value 

 of $320,416, and for June last year the value was $972,655. 



For the same mouths the exports ot lumber were worth $2,654,119 in 

 1915, and $4,731,141 in 1914. 



Furniture exports last June were valued at $228,735, and for June, 

 1914, they were worth $410,404. 



The countries whose purchases of these articles in June this year 

 were fairly well up to purchases during the corresponding month last 

 year were the United Kingdom, Cuba and Argentina. Purchases by Bel- 

 gium and Germany totally disappeared. 



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