11/7/14 



UNITED STATES *'ti%P7fRHrWETTT "DT AGRICULTURE 

 FOREST SERVICE 



Although there were r,n unusual number of forest fires 

 on the national forests of Oregon and Washington this year, the 

 loss of merchantable timber has been relatively small. 



The propellers of aeroplanes such as are used in the 

 present [European war may be made of selected ash, which is both 

 strong and light and will not split under vibration or shock, 

 or of built-up layers of spruce with mahogany centers. The 

 framework of the machines, too, is generally nr~.de of wood, spruce 

 being much used on account of its straight grain and freedom 

 from hidden defects. 



A surprisingly larr.e number of substances, ranging all 

 the way from the condensed fumes o:C smelters to the skimmed mil" 1 : 

 of creameries, have beer: tried or suggested as means of preserv- 

 ing wood from decay. I*lost of them, however, have been found to 

 have little or no value for the pxirpose. Certain forms of coal- 

 tar creosote and sine chloride are the most widely used wood 

 preservatives . 



It is said that the German invaders of Belgium, whatever 

 else they may have destroyed, have been careful net to injure park 

 trees. The cavalrymen, so a report goes, are forbidden to tie 

 their horses to trees for fnar that the animals will gnaw the bark, 

 Germany was the first nation to apply forestry on a large scale, 

 some of the crown forests having been under scientific management 

 for over a hundred years. 



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