VI CONTENTS 



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RESIN AND TURPENTINE INDUSTRY 174 



SEEDS AND MAST 177 



PASTURAGE . . ~, 178 



GAME AND FISH ._ . . . . 180 



THE BUSINESS OF THE FOREST . / , . . . 182 



SPECIAL KINDS OF FORESTS . . . . 184 



THE WOOD LOT 184 



WASTE LANDS . . . . . . . 193 



FOREST PLANTATIONS ON PRAIRIES 195 



SAND DUNES . . . . . 198 



PART III RELATED TOPICS 



THE FOREST AS A PROTECTIVE COVER .... 203 



THE FORESTS OF OUR COUNTRY 209 



SOME HISTORY . , : 214 



THE WOOD . . . 217 



SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES .... 217 



SOME PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 227 



SOME CHEMICAL PROPERTIES 230 



WOOD AS COMPARED WITH IRON 232 



HOW TO DISTINGUISH OUR COMMON TREES .... 238 



CONIFERS . 240 



BROAD-LEAVED TREES ..... 246 



HOW TO USE THE KEY . . . . . 256 



APPENDIX 



I. THE DOYLE-SCRIBNER LOG SCALE 259 



II. TABLE OF CIRCLES ..... 260 



III. LIST OF WOODS AND TREES . 261 



