Paper Made from Wood 



THE logs in some forests, instead of going 

 through a sawmill and coming out as lumber, 

 pass through another sort of mill where they are 

 made into something quite different. "Paper 

 made from wood " sounds almost impossible, yet 

 every day, in great mills, logs are being con- 

 verted into printing paper, wrapping paper, and 

 cardboard. 



Until 1854, paper was made almost altogether 

 from the fibers of cotton, hemp, or flax. Then a 

 new method was found, of making certain kinds 

 of paper from wood. Wood used in making pulp 

 or paper is called "pulp wood." There are 

 thousands of pulp logs here spruce, hemlock, 

 balsam, pine, and perhaps other kinds as well. 



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