UNITED STATES ^D^AJ2TME.NT OF AGRICULTURE 



10/15/14 



FOREST SERVICE 



As many as 72 different kinds gf wood are used in 

 the manufacture of umbrella handles, canes and whips in 

 this country. 



Authentic records shoiy that cinders, from a forest 

 fire in the tree tops in northern "Washington this fall, 

 v/cre carried a distance of twenty miles. 



According to the latest available figures, Penn- 

 sylvania stands fifth, in the production of wood pulp and 

 is second to V/est Virginia in the amount of slabs and other 

 sawmill waste used for pulp; Maine stands third, 



The better wood engravings are made almost exclusively 

 of boxwood, and the large blocks are made of small pieces glued 

 together. The engraving is done across the end of the grain. 

 Japanese wood prints, on the other hand, are made on length- 

 wise sections of cherry wood parallel to the grain. 



Throughout the national forests the rangers are post- 

 ing the roads with permanent guide signs which tell distances 

 and directions, especially at forks and cross-roads. The signs 

 are usually put up in the v:inter when other work tends tc be 

 li^iit. On some forests the rangers go on snowshoes, dragging 

 loaded sleds and nail the signboards to the roadside trees. 



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