HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 2.-), mis 



With the Trade 



Letters from the Front 



The Utley-Holloway Company of Chicago and Clayton, La., has be 

 a liberal contributor to the national service, three prominent members 

 the organization now being with the colors. They are Lieut. Glenn 

 llolloway, a principal of the company ; Lieut. Roy Cookston, formerly 1 

 jaul timber man, and Sherman Amsden. formerly office manager. 



Lieut. Holloway is now in one of the forestry regiments in France ; J. 

 Amsden is in the officers' training camp with the U. S. Aviation Cor| 

 Carruthers Field, Fort Worth, Tex. Lieut. Cookston is also in one of t 

 forestry regiments. Mr. Cookston's and Mr. Amsden's pictures are shci\ 

 on this page. 



Glenn llolloway recently received a letter from Mr. Cookston, which 

 _givcn below : 



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LIEUTK.XANT UOY COOKSTON, TWENTIETH ENGINEERS, FOREST 



Reviving Nebuchadnezzar's Gardens 



trade item in a consular report states that farm and garden tools are 

 g shipped in considerable numbers from England to Mesopotamia 

 re the British armies are planting gardens and fields to supply food 



forage for the campaign in that ancient land. In the time of 

 uchartnezzar that region was highly cultivated and extensive canals, 

 1 for irrigation, may still he seen where they cover the country like 

 •idiron. Turkish rule killed all industry there centuries ago, but the 

 I is as fertile and water tor irrigation is as plentiful as ever. The 

 Ish are beginning at the bottom in their redemption of the desert, by 

 ■iding food from the soil. Incidentally, a great iiuirkct for agricul- 

 1 machinery ought to develop there as rapidly as the Turks can be 

 en out and the wheels of progress started. 



Why Artificial Limbs Are Called "Cork" 



he term "cork leg" has been a long time in use. and most people reach 

 conclusion that such limbs are made of cork. That conclusion is 

 neous. Cork is the hark of an oat tree that grows in southwestern 

 ope and northwestern Africa. The bark is peeled from the tree 

 Iks in sheets seldom much more than an inch thick. It is soft and 

 k, not as hard or as strong as the weakest wood in our forests. An 

 licial limb of that material would be useless, because it would quickly 

 k lis only valuable quality as material for artificial limbs is its 

 111'- . iin.l perhaps the very light weight of artificial limbs has sug- 

 •1 III it they are of cork. An average artificial leg weighs about three 

 nils. 111,' extreme weights being one pound for the smallest and seven 

 the largest. The extremes for arms are one pound for the lightest and 

 and one-half for the heaviest. 



rtificial limbs are made of wood, nearly all of them being willow. They 

 e leather, rubber, and metal parts ; but the main portion Is willow, 

 le makers use other woods. But since none is of cork, whence that 

 mon name? Because some of the best artificial limbs were once made 

 :he town of Cork, Ireland, and the name of the place was gradually 

 lied to the article itself, and has remained until the present day. 



