A PRACTICAL XVLO -METER 



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eating- a waste of 53.6 per cent of the original contents during the 

 process of manufacture. Such figures would be almost incredible if 

 they were not demonstrable and the result of a careful study with an 

 accurate instrument. 



There has always been a large amount of waste incident to the manu- 

 facture of a tree into lumber and other products. This enormous leak 

 went on unnoticed so long as wood was plentiful, but now that the sup- 

 ply is becoming more limited, attempts are being made to close up the 

 leak by developing a closer utilization of all forest products. The first 

 logical step in the reduction of this enormous wood waste is an accurate 

 determination of the amount of waste and a careful study of the pro- 

 cesses of manufacture and remanufacture. The xylometer affords the 

 most practical and accurate means of determining the percentage of 

 waste, and may be of inestimable value to the forest operator bent upon 

 a closer utilization of forest products. 



