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in the northwest. Stumps six to ten feet in diameter and eight to 

 twelve feet high cover the deforested areas. And tops less than 

 two feet in diameter are usually left in the slashes. There re- 

 mains on the ground after an ordinary lumbering operation in 

 western Washington more cubic feet of wood than would be found 

 in the total stand of many a profitable eastern woodland. Some way 

 must be found to utilize this vast wastage, and convert it into paper 

 pulp and other valuable by-products. 



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FIBER LENGTHS AND WIDTHS IN WOODS. 



