290 Forestry Quarterly. 



to prevent iires and leaves conditions favorable for reforestation 

 or for settlement as desired. 



S. J. R. 



Wood-Using Industries of Oregon. By Howard B. Oakleaf. 

 Oregon Conservation Association. Portland, Oregon. 191 1. 

 Pp. 46. 



This study of the wood-using industries of Oregon was made, 

 co-operatively by the U. S. Forest Service and the Oregon Con- 

 servation Association. The report shows the amounts of material 

 consumed annually by the various industries (except those manu- 

 facturing lumber and shingles) in the state, the kinds of woods 

 used, and the technical properties of the native woods. Statistics 

 were compiled from returns from all the wood-using industries in 

 the state. 



"The state of Oregon is reported to have nearly four hundred 

 billion feet of standing timber, an amount equal to approximately 

 one-sixth that now remaining in the United States. It would 

 seem that Oregon should be among the foremost lumber pro- 

 ducing states, but owing to the present inaccessibility of much of 

 the timber, its operation is greatly retarded. Oregon ranked ninth 

 in 1909 in the production of lumber, having cut nearly two billion 

 feet, and it is very probable that the 1910 cut will equal and 

 possibly exceed the above amount. Of the two billion feet of 

 lumber annually sawed in this state, four hundred million is 

 shipped out by water and eight hundred million by rail. Of the 

 remaining eight hundred million board feet consumed in the state, 

 approximately 25 per cent, is further manufactured into the 

 various products considered in this report. The balance goes into 

 general building and construction work. 



"Oregon has seventeen commercial species, representing four- 

 teen genera, with woods of diverse color and texture, ranging 

 from the very hard deciduous trees, such as the oaks, ashes and 

 maples, to the soft evergreen pines, firs and spruces. 



"Nineteen distinct wood-using industries are operating in the 

 state, and the plants comprising the various industries represent 

 investments of from a few thousand dollars in the small wood- 

 working shops to several million dollars in the pulp mills. 



"The annual consumption of all of the wood-using industries 



