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Cr.n?.df:. cuts about 2 million cords; of pulp wood annu- 

 ally, about half of hich is export -2, 1 ."or manufacture in the 

 United States. 



It ia clai.'itid that so;;-} of the eucalypts of Australia 

 are taller than the California, redwoods, hi thai" to considered the 

 highest trees in the world. 



There are 55 o&ks in the United States, about evenly 

 divided between the east and the west. The eastern species 

 and particularly white oaks are the uost valuable. 



The bureau of forestry of the Philippine Islands 

 will send tropical timbers to the II. S. forest service so 

 that their suitability for fine furniture veneers may be 

 ascertained, 



. T ocd block paving, tried and discarded in many 

 cities of the United States thirty years ago, is now coning 

 back into narked favor, duo to improved nethods of treating 

 and handling the bloc^u, 



German foresters are experimenting with Douglas 

 fir fron the United States trying to find a variety v/hich will 

 conbine the fast-growing quality of the Pacific Corst form 

 and the hardiness of the Rocky Ilountain form. 



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