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3. The Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. 



One of the most remarkable examples of co-operation in Research is 

 that between the Forestry Department of the United States and the Uni- 

 versity of Wisconsin at Madison. The University erected a $50,000 

 building on its own site, and agreed to supply water, light, and heat to 

 the Department, The Department of Forestry have complete control, 

 appoint and pay the staff, of whom there are sixty and more than one 

 third of them experts of high standing. The stafT is bound to supply 

 a certain limited number of lecturers to University students who desire 

 them. The Laboratory is organized under nine sections : — 



1. Maintenance. 6. Wood Distillation. 



2. Engineering. 7, Pulp and Paper. 



3. Timber Tests. 8. Chemistry. 



4. Wood Preservation. 9. Pathology. 



5. Wood Technology. 



I^The building consists entirely of Laboratories and offices. Every 

 phase of wood investigation is carried on. Daily reports are made. 

 The high-class of experimenters, thorough men of Research — the prac- 

 tical work for Railway companies, lumbermen, and all the wood-using 

 industries, suggest a suitable institution for Canada with its forests. 

 The Forest Products Laboratory stafif is supported entirely by the Federal 

 Government — the local expense by the University. 



Commercial Chemical Research. 



This is carried on in Kansas and Pittsburgh Universities under a 

 distinguished Scientist and author, who is a graduate of Toronto Uni- 

 versity — Prof. R. K. Duncan. His plan, to quote his own words, "is 

 a mutually advantageous arrangement between manufacturing compan- 

 ies on the one hand and the University on the other for the adequate 

 solution of important manufacturing problems." Professor Duncan is 

 a University professor, formerly of Kansas University, and still has super- 

 vision of his scheme there, but now resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 

 and is entirely paid by his University. His Laboratory in Pittsburgh 

 is a temporary building with accommodation for twenty two experts — 

 all of the highest class of experienced Research men. His annual 

 pay roll of these men is $40,000, individual salaries varying from $700 

 to $3,500. These amounts are paid entirely by manufacturing inter- 

 ests. The scheme in Pittsburgh promises to be one of great importance. 

 In Kansas there are twenty fellowships paid by manufacturers and in 

 Pittsburgh nineteen. Professor Duncan deals with the manufacturer as 



