Forest News in Brief 



Of all the paper used in the United States 22 per 

 cent is used by the newspapers. Before the war it 

 sold for 2 cents a pound. Xow it sells for from 5 

 cents to 10 cents according to the quantity bought. 



In the last 20 years the use of newsprint has in- 

 creased over 200 per cent. 



All exports of pulpwood from Newfoundland and 

 the crown lands of Canada have been prohibited. 



Ten years ago the United States produced its entire 

 newsprint supply ; now we import two-thirds of it. 

 And yet there are millions of acres of land suitable 

 for the growing of pulpAvood lying idle. 



Much pulpwood is freighted 500 miles to the mills 

 instead of being produced in the same township. 



We bought 1,400,000 cords of pulpwood from Can- 

 ada in 1918, and the price has jumped to $25.00 per 

 cord. 



The Disston Saw Co. recently manufactured two of 

 the largest circular saws ever made. They were nine 

 feet in diameter. 



Germany, even in her present dire need for wood, 

 when spruce logs are selling for 2,000 marks per 1,000 

 feet, is restricting her annual cut to her annual 

 growth. 



The forest fires in this country burn ten times the 

 area of devastated France every year. 



It is estimated that there are over one hundred mil- 

 lion acres of idle cut-over lands in the southern states ; 

 and the area of the unproductive cut-over lands in the 

 lake states is greater than the area of Michigan. 



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