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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



slowed up tor a minute. They have been turning out 

 the material as fast as it was humanly possible. The 

 men behind them have been working night and day to 



the United States plans 

 spring, which will then 



the scene. The army which 



to have in France by next 



number 3,000,000 or more, will not want for the timber 



it needs to push forward through the German 



lines. 



The new regiment will do its part in helping to meet 

 this demand. Winter snows and cold weather will not 

 stop the men from the good work for which they are cros- 

 sing the Atlantic. They will get out the trees and cut them 

 into all shapes and sizes, into piles for trench fortifica- 

 tion and railroad bridges and foundations, into ties for 

 railways, into boards for buildings and boxes, and so 



OFF TO THE SAW MILL 



The American Forest Regiments in France have speeded up the trans- 

 portation of logs by building railroads wherever possible for this purpose, 

 instead of using the slower team method of the French. 



keep up with the tremendous demands upon them. They 

 have worked early and late. Their one thought has 

 been more lumber. They have put brain as well as 

 brawn into their task. They have allowed nothing to 

 stand in their way and have overcome obstacles which 

 appeared almost insurmountable. In spite of this the 

 growth of the army has been such, new troops have 



been pouring across the ocean at such a rapid rate 

 that it has become necessary to increase the size of the 

 forest force. This is being done by adding the equiva- 

 lent of a new regiment to the two regiments already on 



CLEAN FORESTRY 



This is the condition of the timber lands in parts 

 of France where the American forces have been 

 busy in getting out lumber. The lower picture 

 shows a maritime pine forest cupped for turpen- 

 pine, with piles of fern cut for compost to be 

 used on sandy agricultural land. The other 

 picture is of a cork orchard. 



on through a long list. The part 

 wood is playing in the war cannot 

 be over-emphasized. The men of the Forest Regi- 

 ments are truly soldiers of the first rank. Axes 

 and saws are the bayonets with which they are fight- 

 ing the Boche. 



HOW WOOD COMPARES WITH COAL IN HEATING VALUE 

 In heating value one standard cord of well-seasoned hickory, oak, beech, birch, hard maple, ash, elm, locust, 

 or cherry wood is approximately equal to 1 ton (2,000 pounds) of anthracite coal, according to estimates by the 

 Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture. However, a cord and a half of soft maple and 2 

 cords of cedar, poplar, or basswood are required to give the same amount of heat. 



One cord of mixed wood, well-seasoned in heating value at least 1 ton of average grade bituminous coal. 



