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tains a complete collection of lumber, showing grades and pat- 

 terns, charts of lumber grades, exhibits of sawmill and woods 

 saws, logging equipment such as wire rope, axes, hooks, blocks, 

 special appliances for donkey engines, sawmill belts, a model of 

 "high lead" logging and other tools or equipment used in 

 logging and milling. 



MENSURATION. Equipment selected to show all principal 

 types of instruments in use. Those particularly adapted for use 

 in the Northwest are provided in quantities sufficient for all 

 practice work by students in cruising, surveying, volume, growth 

 and yield studies. 



SILVICULTURE. Forests in and near Seattle offer wide oppor- 

 tunities for practical studies and demonstrations. An extensive 

 forest tree nursery maintained by the College of Forestry affords 

 an excellent opportunity for demonstrations and practice in 

 modern nursery methods. 



TIMBER PHYSICS. Laboratory work in timber physics is car- 

 ried on in the U. S. Forest Service Timber Testing Laboratory, 

 operated in cooperation with the University. This laboratory 

 is magnificently equipped with seven large testing machines for 

 static and impact loading, circular and band saws, planer and 

 other shop equipment for wood-working. 



WOOD TECHNOLOGY. Elementary work in wood technology is 

 carried on in the same room as the work in dendrology. Individ- 

 ual lockers, gas, water, compound microscopes and all apparatus 

 for preparing and sectioning wood for the microscopic study of 

 woody tissues are provided. Hand specimens and planks of do- 

 mestic and foreign commercial timbers are provided in large 

 quantities. These include extensive collections of South Ameri- 

 can and Philippine hardwoods. Microscopic slides of nearly all 

 American woods are kept on hand for check specimens. 



FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORIES. A movement is now on foot 

 for the establishment of a completely equipped forest products 

 laboratory to cost approximately $60,000. The laboratories for 

 work in forest products now ready on the campus consist of four 

 distinct units, as follows: 



1. GENERAL LABORATORY. This is equipped with microtome, 

 water baths, drying ovens, microscopes, chemical and pulp bal- 



