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"Many fine field trips liave been our fortune 

 during March. A couple of days spent in the 

 Odenwald have illustrated how poor private for- 

 ests are, even here in Germany; so true Is this 

 that the government's policy is to buy up all 

 such forests so that they may be improved. 

 Visits were made to various wood-working es- 

 tablishments, including a large veneer mill near 

 Frankfurt. Here logs of American yellow pop- 

 lar, 4% feet In diameter, were being worked up; 

 also Spessart oak, walnut, cherry, etc.; but es- 

 pecially interesting were the various African 

 and Philippine woods, some of which resemble 

 in structure our American cottonwoods. 



"Best of all was the week's visit to the Black 

 Forest, from the 17th to the 24th. A stop was 

 made at Carlsruhe, where there was seen a fine 

 hardwood forest containing many species (not- 

 ably prime ash) and yielding over $S per acre 

 per annum net. At Sulzburg the admirable for- 

 ests of fir, administered by Carl Phillips, one 

 of the most advanced foresters of Germany, 

 were visited. From the 19th to the 23d the 

 school was at the Kurhaus Sand; here the class 

 was divided into four parties, each having a 

 tract of timber to study and report upon in 

 writing. On the 24th we walked to Baden-Baden 

 through the heaviest stands of timber (chiefly 

 spruce and fir) In Germany. 



"During March Dr. Schenck has finished Sur- 

 veying and Fish and Game and has started 

 Management. Dr. House has finished Climatol- 

 ogy and begun Forest Geography. 



"Our last Sangerfest in Germany will be held 

 on April 1, when we hope to entertain some of 

 onr kind friends, the German Oberforsters. 



"The school sails for New York from Rotter- 

 dam on April 9, on the S. S. Ryndam, a few 

 leaving earlier on the Rotterdam, in order to be 

 in Washington in time to take the examinations 

 for the Forest Service. Quite a number will 

 make short visits to Paris, London and Brussels, 

 before sailing. We hope to land in New York 

 on April 18. 



"Herr Richard Kern, who has been Dr. 

 Schenck's assistant during our stay at Darm- 

 stadt, has taken a prolonged leave of absence 

 from the German Forest Service, and will 

 accompany the school to America." 



Forest Products Laboratory Ready for 'Work 



An event of importance to the wood-using 

 Industries of the country and to engineers is the 

 completion of the Forest Products Laboratory 

 at Madison, Wis. .June 4 has been set as the 

 date for the formal opening. The laboratory has 

 been established to aid, through experiments and 

 demonstrations, the lessening of waste in the 

 manufacture and use of wood. It is a co- 

 operative undertaking between the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and the University of Wis- 

 consin. The state has erected for the purpose 

 a new building at the university and will furnish 

 also the light, heat and power. The Department 

 of Agriculture has supplied the equipment and 

 apparatus and will maintain the force of thirty- 

 five or forty persons required to carry on the 

 work. Through this arrangement the United 

 States has secured perhaps the largest and best 

 equipped wood testing laboratory in the world. 



A number of vacancies in engineering posi- 

 tions In connection with the work will be filled 

 In May and June. Among these are positions 

 of engineer In wood preservation, engineer In 

 timber testing and chemical engineering. These 

 positions will be given to men with a basis of 

 thorough engineering training, or two or three 

 years' experience in practical work. 



The laboratory will be prepared to make tests 

 on the strength and other properties of wood, to 

 Investigate the processes of treating timber to 

 prevent destruction by decay and other causes, 

 to study the saving of wood refuse by distilla- 

 tion processes, to examine the fiber of various 

 woods tor paper and other purposes and to 

 determine the Influence of the microscopic struc- 

 ture of wood on Its characteristics and prop- 



erties. Facilities are at hand, in fact, for almost 

 any kind of test on wood that practical condi- 

 tions may require. 



Lumber manufacturing and wood-using Indus- 

 tries are keenly interested in the work on account 

 of its practical bearing on reducing waste of 

 wood — to them a subject of vita! concern. Al- 

 ready they have proposed many experiments and 

 supplied much testing material, which Is await- 

 ing attention. 



Many prominent men of the lumbering and 

 wood-using industries have signified their inten- 

 tion to attend on the day of the opening. Sev- 

 eral organizations expect to hold directors' 

 meetings or conferences at that time to con- 

 sider, amon^ other matters, plans for making 

 wide practical use of the laboratory. A short, 

 appropriate general program will be arranged, 

 and there will be a systematic inspection of the 

 laboratory, with demonstration work in progress 

 at the time. The entire exercises will occupy 

 but one day, and visitors will be able to return 

 to Chicago the same evening. 



Joshua Oldham & Sons Open New Orleans 

 Branch 



.loshua Oldham & Sons, the big saw bouse, 

 with headquarters at Brooklyn. N. Y., have estab- 

 lished a branch at 633 Baronne street. New 

 Orleans. The company will keep on hand at 

 this point for prompt shipment a complete stock 

 of band saws, gang saws, circular saws, both 



GEO. D. ALEXIS, OLDHAM'S NEW ORLEANS 

 MANAGER. 



solid and inserted teeth ; shingle saws, metal 

 cutting saws, and saws of all descriptions for 

 all purposes ; machine knives, emery wheels, 

 flies, saw teeth, bits and holders, brazing irons, 

 brazing compound, silver solder, etc. 



The Oldhams have been enjoying such a rapid 

 Increase of demand for their saws in the terri- 

 tory surrounding New Orleans that the branch 

 was made necessary in order to render the same 

 prompt and satisfactory service to their cus- 

 tomers In that vicinity which characterizes the 

 house all over the country. 



George D. Alexis Is manager of the new 

 branch. He has had long and varied experience 

 as a sawmill man and flier and will be at the 

 service of mill men to help them unravel any 

 problem which may trouble them. 



The first cypress sawmill built In Louisiana 

 was erected In 1882 at Woodland, St. John the 

 Baptist Parish, by Mr. Alexis for W. H. ChafEe & 

 Sons. The equipment consisted of two Challoner 

 block machines, and one hand machine and a 

 sixty-inch circular saw, which ran on a hand- 

 made mandrel made by the Whitney Iron Works. 



The output of this plant was 25,000 shingles 

 and .1,000 feet of lumber per day, and the saws 

 with which the machines were equipped were 

 Oldham saws. Mr. ChafTe's son still has the 

 original invoice covering these saws, so that 

 this can be readily verified. 



Although Mr. Alexis is a very capable man, 

 and one who has had exceptional experience, he 

 attributes much of his success with Oldham saws 

 to the manner in which they back up the com- 

 pany's claims for them, the quality of work they 

 produce, and the satisfaction they give the user 

 and the confidence they give the salesman. 



The works and executive oflices of Joshua 

 Oldham & Sons are at 112-132 26th street. 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. They have a branch in the 

 White-Henry building, S?attle, and selling agents 

 at Memphis, Nashville and Houston. 



Meeting Gum Committee H. M. A. 



At the request of several members of the Gum 

 Committee of the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association a meeting will be held on Thursday, 

 .\pril 28, at 9 :00 a. m. at the Gayoso Hotel, 

 Memphis, for the purpose of discussing fully 

 conditions in the gum market, both as to price 

 and supply. A similar meeting held last year 

 resulted In great benefit to the producing con- 

 tingent, and it is expected that this meeting 

 win be even more helpful. 



Gum producers are urged to have representa- 

 tives at this meeting, as some Interesting and 

 valuable discussions will take place. 



Crosscut Saw Handle 



The new handle, known as No. 6, being mar- 

 keted by the Simonds Manufacturing Company 

 of Fltchburg. Mass., is rightly described as neat 

 and strong. The illustration herewith shows the 



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SIMONDS' NO. 6 SAW HANDLE. 



mechanical construction. It is made with mal- 

 leable iron loop casting, the loop screwing up 

 into a threaded ferrule at the bottom of the 

 handle. The ferrule Is made exceptipnally 

 strong, bringing liability of breakage down to a 

 minimum. This handle was designed by an 

 experienced woodsman and is so practical that 

 it has met with immediate success, as is 

 demonstrated by a large demand from hardware 

 and supply stores. 



Establishes New Office 

 The Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany, South Bend, Ind., which maintains 

 branch offices at 1103 Chamber of Commerce, 

 Chicago ; Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn. ; 

 Ninth and McLean avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio ; 

 603 Frederick building, Huntington, W. Va., and 

 413 Union Bank building, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 

 has added another sales office to the number. 

 This last office is located at 1313 Majestic build- 

 ing, Milwaukee, Wis., and Is In charge of H. M. 

 Hoisted. Mr. Hoisted was one of the managers 

 of the Minneapolis offices of the Fullerton-Powell 

 Hardwood Lumber Company, but on account of 

 the rapid Increase In the business of the com- 

 pany throughout the state of Wisconsin It has 

 become necessary to make an independent office 

 at Milwaukee. Of course, the Minneapolis 

 branch will be maintained as formerly. 



