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PORES? KOTES 



The icrescs of Florida contain 175 different kinds of 

 wood. 



There aro seven spruces iri the United States, Pour 

 are confined to the west; two to tho east; while 6ne , white 

 spruce, has a cent inert -wide distribution. 



Sawmill waste of Douglas fir, of which an enormous 

 quantity ig iound in the western forests, is being used to 

 make paper pulp "by a mill at Marshfield, Oregon. 



In proportion to its weight, California recwcod is 

 the strongest conifer so fer tested at the U. S, forest prod- 

 ucts laboratory. This strength is due to its long wood fi-* 

 bers 



The Philippine bureau of forestry reports that American 

 anc 1 . European lumbermen are trying to secure large and regular 

 shipments of Philippine woods, mainly for cabinet making. 



Experiments with various chemical extinguishers for 

 fighting national forest fires have not been very successful, 

 The unlimited supply of oxygen in the open, forest officers 

 say, tends co neutralize the effect of the chemicals. 



