Minnesota is Coming Back. 



With poplar and other woods easily obtainable it is without 

 question true that the furniture industry will come into its 

 own in this state. 



There is still a great deal of cutting in the state. The 

 statistics do not tell the whole story. The fact is that there 

 are fewer men employed, Fewer by far, and it is also true 

 that there in not as much cutting as there was formerly. But 

 the cutting has not decreased as has the number of men em- 

 ployed. Fewer men can do the work that it took many to 

 perform heretofore. That accounts in some respects to the 

 decrease. 



Minnesota is "coming back" as a lumbering state. It is 

 coming into its own as a state with lumbering as one of its 

 chief industries. The large sawmill may be passing. The 

 newer type is rapidly taking its place. 



Cadillac, Mich., is reported to be the foremost city in the country 

 for varied and close utilisation of forest products. 



More than one-fourth of all the sheep in the eleven states near- 

 est the Pacific coast are graced on the national forests. 



The national forests contain water pozvers with an aggregate 

 estimated capacity of 12,000,000 horse-power, available for use 

 under permit from the secretary of agriculture. 



Much of the piling, wharf material, and lock gates of the 

 Panama canal are made of greenheart, said to be the most dur- 

 able zvood known for these purposes, which comes mainly from 

 British Guiana. 



Two million trees will be planted on the national forests in 

 tdh, Nevada, and southern Idaho during 1914. 



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