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OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT. 

 W. C. CLOS, Acting Chief. 



Fences, C. H. ADAMS. 

 Forage, W. C. CLOS. 

 Water, J. K. CAMPBELL. 



Forage investigations ; compilation of data F. V. COVILLE, Botanist, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, in charge, Washington, D. C. ; JAMES F. JARDINE, Expert, 

 Washington, D. C. ; ARTHUR T. SAMPSON, Expert, Washington, D. C. ; G. A. 

 PEARSON, Forest Assistant, Washington, D. C. 



Poisonous plant investigations Prof. C. D. MARSH, Expert, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, in charge, Hugo, Colo. ; IVAR TIDESTROM, Scientific Assistant, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



BRANCH OF PRODUCTS. 



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



OFFICE OF WOOD UTILIZATION. 



E. A. ZIEGLER, Acting Chief. 



Computing, Miss E. B. STABLER, Acting. 

 Drafting, C. A. KOLB. 



Wood Chemistry, H. S. BRISTOL. 

 Wood TTses, M. CLINE. 



California 



Tests of the strength of eucalyptus, redwood, and tanbark oak, in cooperation 

 with the University of California and the Northwestern Redwood Company 

 L. E. HUNT, Berkeley; assistant, A. L. HEIM. 



Study of the uses of western hardwoods H. S. SACKETT, Berkeley. 

 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 Station, New Haven; assistants, H. E. MCKENZIE and CORNELIUS BARRY. 



Leaching studies D. C. PARMELEE, Yale Station, New Haven. 

 Florida 



Turpentine orcharding experiments P. D. EDMUNDS, Green Cove Springs. 

 Indiana 



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

 HATT, Lafayette; assistants, J. A. NEWLIN and J. O. BIXBY. 

 Washington 



Tests of western hemlock and National Forest woods, in cooperation with the 

 University of Washington O. P. M. Goss, University Station, Seattle ; assistant, 

 G. R. GESSERT. 

 General Studies 



Washington office, timber tests H. S. BETTS, in charge; assistants, T. W. 

 VENEMANN, ROLF THELEN, and J. B. KNAPP. 



Collection of statistics of forest products, in cooperation with the Bureau of 

 the Census W. B. BARROWS, Washington, D. C. ; GEORGE K. SMITH, Victoria 

 Building, St. Louis, Mo. 



Study of furniture woods A. H. PIERSON, Washington, D. C. 



Study of commercial processes of wood distillation L. F. HAWLEY, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Study of chemical problems in wood utilization ERNEST BATEMAN and E. 

 SUTERMEISTER, Washington, D. C. ; A. L. DEAN, 93 Broad street, Boston, Mass. 



