INSECT INJURIES TO WOOD OF DYING AND DEAD TREES. 3 



ash, oak, and chestnut, which are often reduced in value 10 to 25 per 

 cent or more within the period in which it would otherwise remain 

 sound and available for commercial purposes. 



PREVENTION OF INJURY TO DYING AND DEAD TREES. 



A large percentage of the injuiy to the wood of insect, fire, and 

 lightning killed trees and those killed or d_ying from injuries by 

 storms, disease, etc., can be jn^evented as follows : 



(1) Jiy the prompt utilization of such timber within a few weeks 

 or months after it is dead or found to be past recovery. 



(2) By removing the bark from the merchantable portions of the 

 trunks within a few weeks after the trees are dead (the work to be 

 done either before or after the trees are felled). 



(3) By felling the trees and placing the unbarked logs in water. 



(4) By the adoption of a sj'stem of forest management which will 

 provide for the prompt utilization of all trees which die from any 

 cause. 



Approved : 



James Wilson, 



/Secretary of Agriculture. 



Washington, D. C, October 7, 1910. 



[Cir. 127] 



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