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California 



Experiments in seasoning and treating telephone and other poles for electric 

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

 WHEATON, Hotel Westmore, Los Angeles; assistants, O. T. SWAN, Hotel Sequoia, 

 Fresno, and W. H. KBMPFER, 212 South Grand avenue, Los Angeles. 



Connecticut 



Experiments to ascertain the effects of live steam and vacuum as ordinarily used 

 at commercial treating plants on the moisture content and absorptive qualities of 

 different kinds of wood C. STOWELL SMITH, Yale Forest School, New Haven. . 



Louisiana 



Preservative treatment of fence posts and other farm timbers, in cooperation with 

 the State Agricultural Experiment Stations H. B. EASTMAN, Washington, D. C., 

 until January 15. 



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. 



Wisconsin 



The laying of an experimental track with hemlock and tamarack cross-ties to test 

 the value of seasoning and treating, and of various devices for reducing the mechan- 

 ical wear of the rails; in cooperation with the Chicago and Northwestern Railway 

 Company H. A. PAUL, Myers Hotel, Janesville. 



General Studies 



Correlation of data on the preservative treatment of American and foreign woods 

 M. C. JENSEN, Washington, D. C. 



Preparation of plans for future work H. F. WEISS, Washington, D. C. 



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Circular 117. The Preservative Treatments of Fence Posts. 



Circular 118. Management of Second Growth in the Southern Appalachians. 



Circular 121. Wood Used for Distillation in 1906. 



Circular 122. The Lumber Cut of the United States: 1906. 



Circular 123. Production of Slack 'Cooperage Stock in 1906. 



Circular 124. Consumption of Cross-Ties in 1906. 



Circular 125. Production of Tight Cooperage Stock in 1906. 



Circular 130. Forestry in the Public Schools. 



Circular 131. Practical Forestry on a Spruce Tract in Maine. 



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