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SILVICS 



PROJECTS 



General- 

 Seed testing and seed storage Add G. T. BACKUS. 

 (Comparative study of silvical characteristics of North American species.) 



Florida- 

 Study of eucalypts A dd J. M. BRISCOE, Washington, D. C. 



LANDS 



O. C. MERRILL, Engineer. 



PRODUCTS 

 LABORATORY 



In cooperation with the University of Wisconsin. 



WOOD PRESERVATION 



Project 



(Installation and operation of an experimental tie-treating plant, in cooperation 

 with the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.) 



TIMBER TESTS 



Project 

 (Preparation of report on Douglas fir.) 



WOOD CHEMISTRY 

 Projects 



(Experiments with various woods for paper pulp.) 



(The refining and grading of wood turpentines and the methods of turpentine 

 analysis.) 



(Installation of wood-pulp, chemical, and wood-distillation laboratories.) 



Securing of equipment and supplies and supervision of laboratory installation 

 H. E. SURFACE. 



Installation of wood distillation laboratory and rearrangement of wood distillation 

 files L. F. HAWLEY. 



