Experiments to determine the value of various woods and waste materials for paper 

 pulp E. SUTERMEISTER; assistant, H. E. SURFACE, both at Washington. J). C. 



Study of chemical problems in wood utilization and wood preservatives E. BATE- 

 N; assistants, C. F. SPEH and L. W. SARGENT, all in Washington, D. C. 



MAN 



Wood Uses, H. S. BEITS. 



California- 



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

 with the University of California, the Northwestern Redwood Company, and the 

 California Eedwood Association L. E. HUNT, Washington, D. C. 



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; assistant, CORNELIUS BARRY. 



Indiana 



Tests of structural timbers and a number of species of hickory, in cooperation with 

 Purdue University and National Hickory Association W. K. HATT, La Fayette; as- 

 sistants, J. A. NEWLIN and J. O. BIXBY. 



Washington 



Tests of western larch, treated Douglas fir, western hemlock, and National Forest 

 woods, in cooperation with the Western Pine M'f'rs Ass'n, the Pacific Creosoting 

 Co., the Pacific Coast L'br. M'f'rs Ass'n, and the University of Washington O. P. M. 

 Goss, University Station, Seattle; assistants, A. L. HEIM and G. R. GESSERT. 



General Studies 



Washington office, timber tests ROLF THELEN, in charge; assistants, T. W. 

 VENEMANN and H. E. MCKENZIE. 



Design of impact testing machine, and plans for Washington timber-testing labo- 

 ratory ROLF THELEN, Washington, D. C. 



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

 Census A. H. PIERSON, Washington, D. C.; GEORGE K. SMITH, Lumbermen's 

 Building, St. Louis, Mo. 



Studies in the heat conductivity of wood FREDERICK DUNLAP, Washington, D. C. 



Study of markets and prices C. L. HILL, H. B. HOLROYD, and H. S. SACKETT, 

 all at Washington, D. C. ; FRANKLIN H. SMITH, Chicago, 111. 



Report on properties and uses of Douglas fir J. B. KNAPP and L. E. HUNT, both 

 at Washington, D. C. 



OFFICE OF WOOD PRESERVATION. 



W. F. SHERFESEE, Chief. 



Compilation of data on wood preservation, M. C. JENSEN, Washington, D. C. 

 National Forest Timbers, 'W ALTER R. WHEATON (in the Field). 



Colorado 



Erection of a wood-preserving plant for National Forest timbers C. P. WINSLOW, 

 Glenwood Springs. 



South Dakota 



Designs for a wood -preserving plant on the Black Hills National Forest GEORGE 

 R. OGIER, Dead wood. 



Farm Timbers, C. STOWELL SMITH. 



Maryland 



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

 the State Agricultural Experiment Station C. P. WILLIS, Washington, D. C. 



