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FOREST PRODUCTS. 



WM. L,. HAL.L,, Assistant Forester, in Charge. 



Forest Measurements, JOHN FOLEY. 

 Wood Preservation, CARL G. CRAWFORD. 

 Wood Chemistry, A. L. DEAN. 

 Wood Utilization, R. S. KELLOGG. 

 Reserve Engineering 1 , W. E. HERRING. 



California- 



Tests of the strength of eucalyptus wood, in cooperation with the State and the 

 University of California L. E. HUNT, Berkeley; assistant, A. L. HEIM. 



Experiments in seasoning and treating telephone and other poles for electric wires, 

 in cooperation with electric companies in southern California W. R. AVHEATON, 

 Hotel Lillie, Los Angeles; assistant, 0. T. SWAN. 

 Connecticut . 



Timber tests, with special reference to the influence of method of drying on the 

 strength of timber, in cooperation with Yale University H. D. TIEMANN, Yale Sta- 

 tion, New Haven; assistants, FREDERICK DUN LAP and CORNELIUS BARRY. 



Experiments in wood preservatives A. L. DEAN, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale 

 University, New Haven; assistants, ERNEST BATEMAX and D. C. PARMELEE. 

 Indiana 



Tests of structural timbers, in cooperation with Purdue University W. K. HATT, 

 Lafayette; assistants, H. S. BETTS and J. A. NEWLIN. 

 Massachusetts 



Studies of the value of the various woods for pulp A. I). LITTLE. 93 Broad street, 

 Boston, and H. S. BRISTOL, 696 East First street, South Boston. 

 Montana 



The laying of an experimental track with western tamarack and Douglas fir to test 

 the value of seasoning and treating, and various devices for reducing the mechanical 

 wear of the rails; in cooperation .with the Northern Pacific Railway Company 

 W. H. KEMPFER, Hotel Casey, Sandpoint, Idaho (March 1-15); McGowan Hotel, 

 Plains, Mont. (March 16-31). 

 Oregon 



Tests of the strength of Douglas fir, in cooperation with the University of Oregon 

 J. B. KNAPP, Eugene; assistant, A. E. OMAN. 

 Pennsylvania 



Experiments in treating mine timbers, in cooperation with the Philadelphia and 

 Reading Coal and Iron Company JOHN M. NELSON, Jr., care Philadelphia and 

 Reading Coal and Iron Company, Pottsville. 

 Virginia 



Experiments in treating loblolly pine cross arms, in cooperation with the American 

 Telephone and Telegraph Company W. F. SHERPESEE, Norfolk (after March 15); 

 assistant, M. C. JENSEN. 

 Washington 



Tests of western hemlock and forest-reserve timbers, in cooperation with the Uni- 

 versity of Washington ROLF THELEN, University Station, Seattle; assistant, H. S. 

 SACKETT. 

 General Studies 



Collection of statistics of forest products for the year 1906, in cooperation with the 

 Bureau of the Census H. M. HALE, Washington, D. C.; GEORGE K. SMITH, Victoria 

 Building, St. Louis, Mo. 



