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Hemlock and white oak bark as well as tanbark oak are also widely 

 used for tanning purposes. 



In some sections briquettes have been made from sawdust and 

 other sawmill waste. The Weyerhaeuser Company has recently mar- 

 keted a briquetting device. Many novelties and souvenirs have been 

 made from redwood bark, such as pinholders. Ash trays, pin trays, 



FIG. 93. General view of portable band mill and set-up on an operation in 

 Bertie County, North Carolina. Most of the lumber cut east of the Great 

 Plains is produced from small sawmills cutting from 3000 to 10,000 board 



feet or more per day. 



small souvenir boxes, and other articles, are sometimes made from 

 small pieces of wood waste. 



6. FOREST PRODUCTS* 



1. General. In addition to lumber, the major product of the forest, 

 may commodities and materials are secured from the forest. These 

 products are exceedingly numerous and diversified. Most of them 

 are derived from the woody trunk of the trees, which require felling, 

 cross-cutting and perhaps further conversion in the woods. Other 

 products are obtained from the sap or growing parts of the tree, such 

 as maple syrup, rubber, and naval stores. These are secured without 

 felling the tree and are obtained continuously over a period of years. 



* For more extended treatment of this subject, see "Forest Products, Their 

 Manufacture and Use," by Nelson C. Brown, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 

 second edition, 1927. 



