1 OKKW'OUD 



On July tweiity-sc'coiid, nineteen twenty, several 

 hundred representatives of America's diversified wood- 

 using industries assembled at ^Madison, Wisconsin, to 

 celebrate the tenth anniversarv of tlie founding of the 

 Forest Products Laboratory. Men, representative of 

 every important industry which draws upon the forests 

 for its raw material, were present from tliroiighout tlie 

 United States. Several came from foreign countries. 



The decennial celebration, of Mhich the publication 

 of this record is a ])aii:. was conceived as a mark of trib- 

 ute to ten years of public service unique in the forest 

 history of the world, and it was made possible by the 

 contributions of over two hundred firms and individ- 

 uals. Acknowledgment is here made by the committee 

 for this striking evidence of good will, and the ho2:)e is 

 exjn-essed that this volume will reflect the spirit and 

 character of the work of this institution during the first 

 ten years of its public service. 



