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OFFICE OF WOOD UTILIZATION. 



McGARVEY CXINE, Cliief. 

 H. S. BETTS, Assistant Cliief. 



ITtOJJEGTS. 



Turpentining- studies 



Chipping experiments P. D. EDMUNDS, Green Cove Springs, Fla. 



Statistics on production J. O. LAFONTISEE, Jacksonville, Fla.; assistants, J. P. 

 MOODY and G. H. JONES. 



Damage due to different methods of orcharding A. L. BROWER, Jacksonville, Fla. 



Computing, E. A. ZIEGLEB, 



Compilation of f orest tables E. A. ZIEGLER and W. JB. BARROWS, Washington, D. C. 

 Computing Silvical data; timber tests; timber sales. 



Wood Chemistry, H. S. BRISTOL. 



IF" JR OJ JE C T. 



Study of commercial processes of wood distillation and the standardization and 

 grading of turpentines L. F. HAWLEY, in the Field; assistant, F. E. LICHTE*N- 

 THAELER, Boston, Mass. 



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

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



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

 MAN; assistant, C. F. SPEH, both at Washington, D. C. 



National Forest Studies. 

 Districts 1 and 6, J. B. KNAPP in charge. 



Study of wood-using industries and markets for forest products J. B. KNAPP, 

 Seattle, Wash.; assistant, F. I. ROCKWELL. 



Washington- 



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

 woods, in cooperation with the Western Pine Manufacturers' Association, the Pacific 

 Creosoting Company, the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Association, and the 

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

 P. S. BUHL. 



Dfstricts 2 and 3, C. L. HILL in charge. 



Study of wood-using industries and markets for forest products C. L. HILL, 

 Boulder, Colo.; assistant, H. B. HOLROYD. 



Colorado 



Establishment of timber-testing laboratory, in cooperation with the University of 

 Colorado A. L. HEIM, Boulder. 



Districts 4 and 5, L. E. HUNT in charge. 



Study of wood-using industries and markets for forest products L. E. HUNT, 

 Berkeley, Cal.; assistant, J. V. WULFF. 



California 



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

 the University of California, the Northwestern Redwood Company, and the Califor- 

 nia Redwood Association G. R. GESSERT, Berkeley. 



Wood Uses, ROLF THELEN, Acting. 



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. 



