development of the fish and game resources of the 

 National Forests, Congress should make provision for 

 the establishment of game sanctuaries, within which 

 wild life may find security. These sanctuaries should 

 be relatively limited in area but should be established 

 in considerable number. 



Some mention should be made of the fact that 

 Minnesota has done this in the Superior National 

 Forest. 



Wood Preservative Output in United States 

 Makes Large Gain 



Investigation by the Forest Service of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture shows that the use 

 of wood preservative has increased to a large extent in 

 the United States. Valuable work on wood preserva- 

 tion has been done at the Forest Products Laboratory 

 of the department at Madison, Wis. 



In 1919 there were 65,556,247 gallons of cresote, 

 2,412,592 gallons of paving oil, 102,011 gallons of mis- 

 cellaneous preservatives used in the United States, in 

 addition to 43,483.000 pounds of zinc chloride, the 

 largest quantity of this preservative ever reported by 

 the industry. Of the creosote, 6,493,000 gallons were 

 imported. 



Prior to 1917 the plants of this country depended 

 upon foreign manufacturers for approximately 50 

 per cent of the creosote consumed. Most of this oil 

 came from Germany and England. During the war, 

 however, this supply was cut off, and the plants 



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