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Timber trade journal, Aug. 25, 1917.^Wood 

 distillation in Canada, by John S. Bates, 

 p. XXI. 



Timberman, July, 1917. Why American 

 lumber has made slight progress in 

 Europe, by Axel R. Oxholm, p. 34 ; New 

 H list export grading rules for Doug- 

 las fir, hemlock and spruce, p. 57 ; The 

 forest fire season, p. 42; Relative 

 economy of the different types of tim- 

 ber trestle bridges, by O. P. M. Goss, 

 p. 48 A-B. 



Timberman, Aug., 1917. Fire hazard great- 

 est in many years, p. 34; Specific facts 

 about electricity; its application to lum- 

 ber industry, by Allen E. Ransom, p. 

 39; Pacific Coast spruce placed at dis- 

 posal of United States and her allies, 

 p. 40-3; West coast grading rules for 

 car material, p. 50-1 ; Forests of France, 

 where American forest regiment will 

 cut trench timbers, p. 59-61. 



United States daily consular report, Aug. 

 16, 1917. Present status of India's 

 sandalwood industry, by Lucien Mem- 

 minger, p. 618-20. 



United States daily consular report, Aug. 

 20, 1917. Italy provides for control of 

 tanning extract, p. 663 ; Land-clearing 

 machines for Scotland, by Rufus Flem- 

 ing, p. 655. 



United States daily consular report, Aug. 



27, 1917. Supply of lignum-vitae in 

 Latin America, by Wm. L. Avery and 

 others, p. 763-5. 



United States daily consular report, Aug. 



28, 1917. Pending concession for paper- 

 making monopoly in Costa Rica, by 

 Benjamin F. Chase, p. 777. 



United States daily consular report, Aug. 



29, 1917. Insect damage to cork trees 

 in Calabria, by Robertson Honey, p. 799. 



United States daily consular report, Sept. 

 5, 1917. Tannic extracts from chestnut 

 and other woods, by David 1<. Wilber, 

 p. 866. 



United States daily consular report, Sept. 

 8, 1917. Wattle bark for paper-making 

 p. 919; Brazilian oil-bearing seeds and 

 nuts, by Alfred Gottschalk, p. 920-1. 



Veneers, Sept., 1917. Historical and status 

 data on veneering, J. Crow Taylor, p. 

 15-16; Shrinkage in seasoning, by A. C. 

 West, p. 23-4. 



West Coast lumberman, Aug. 15, 1917. 

 Wholesale and retail lumber operations 

 are fiercely competitive, by L. C. Boyle, 

 p. 25-7; "Tree cross" perfected by 

 Prof. E. T. Clark, University of Wash- 

 ington, p. 40. 



West Coast lumberman, Sept. 1, 1917. 

 Definite government instructions to air- 

 plane spruce manufacturers, p. 21. 



Wood preserving, July-Sept., 1917 A Can- 

 adian creosoting plant, by R. V. Look, 

 p. 39-40; Steaming tics, by H. A. Paul, 

 p. 41 ; A modern paving-block machine, 

 p. 46-7. 



Wood turning, Sept, 1917. Turning hat 

 blocks, p. 5-8; Ash and its uses, p. 9; 

 Spoke making, p. 11-12. 



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