RODUTS LABORATORY. 



wood products by more efficient preservative methods, the reduction 02 

 the degrade in lumber by efficient dry-kiln methods, and many othei 

 savings are an enormous help in conserving the timber supply. 



RESULTS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC. 



The value of the Forest Products Laboratory to any particular wood- 

 using industry or class of consumers depends to a very large extent upor 

 the use which that industry makes of it. It is a Government institutior 

 supported mainly by Government appropriations, and its advice anc 

 suggestions are to be had for the asking. It presents an opportunity foi 

 every manufacturer, user, and timber grower to supplement the informa 

 tion obtained by experience and hard knocks with technical data obtainec 

 through scientific research. 



PLACE IN FOREST CONSERVATION. 



The work of the Laboratory is of direct value to those engaged ir 

 timber production. To a very large extent the kinds and sizes of forest 



trees which should be grown and the purposes for which they should be 

 produced are dependent on the mechanical, physical, and chemical proper- 

 ties of their wood and the uses to which they can most profitably be put 

 In the administration of the National Forests and of privately owned 

 timberlands, in the activities of the State forestry depaitments, and in! 

 the instruction given by the forest schools the results secured by the 

 Laboratory play an important part. By reducing the present waste ofi 

 three-fourths of every tree cut and making possible the most efficient 

 utilization of the one-fourth used they are contributing in a very essential 

 way to forest conservation and to profitable timber production. Through 

 its forest products research the Forest Service supplements its efforts to 

 bring about the growing of timber by information which should make 

 possible the most complete and effective utilization. 



