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FOREST PRODUCTS IN TEXAS 



After house construction the most important user of forest 

 products in Texas is the oil industry, according to a table just 

 issued by the State Department of Forestry and the Texas For- 

 estry Association. For dwellings the annual consumption of 

 forest products in this state is estimated at 325,000,000 feet; 

 for the oil industry it is 315,000,000 feet. There are said to be 

 13,0C0 producing wells in Texas and about 30,000 feet of lumber 

 are required for each well. 



It is estimated that the annual consumption of forest products 

 for all purposes in the state is 1,900,000,000 feet. 



$165,000 FOR NEVADA ROADS 



Expenditures totaling $166,000 of National Forest Highway 

 funds for the construction and repair of 24 miles of roads in 

 Nevada have just received the approval of Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture Wallace. This money was made available for roads serving 

 the National F'orests and for roads within or adjacent to the 

 forests, which are of primary importance to States, counties and 

 communities. The amount approved by the Secretary will be 

 allotted to two roads in the Toiyabe National Forest in Lan- 

 der County and one in the Nevada National Forest in White 

 Pine County. 



INSECT ATTACKS BIRCHES 

 Birch trees in certain sections of Maine are being attacked 

 by an insect which defoliates them, and it has been identified as 

 the buccalatrix, an insect about a quarter of an inch long, which 

 feeds with the utmost abandon on the leaves of the birch. The 

 remedy for this pest is announced as arsenate of lead spray, 

 to be done in the spring or by the first of July. 



Deputy Forest Commissioner Neil L. Violette, asked about 

 the damage, if any done by this pest, said that the presence 

 of the insect in certain sections had been reported to the de- 

 partment, but that the only damage so far known to have been 

 done by it was the defoliation of the trees. That, of course, 

 makes an unsightly appearance, but has not, so far as known, in- 

 jured the trees themselves. It is understood that a parasite is 

 making great inroads on the ranks of the insect and it is 

 hoped that the pest will be thus exterminated. 



PULPWOOD CONSUMPTION BREAKS RECORD 



The 1920 consumption of pulpwood in California, Oregon and 

 Washington exceeded by 23,000 cords, or 7.4 per cent the 

 greatest previous record, which was in 1919. Similarly the 



1919 consumption of pulpwood exceeded by 18.6 per cent that of 

 1917, the previous record. The 1919 production of wood pulp 

 fell short of the 1917 production by nearly 3 per cent, while the 



1920 production exceeded the 1917 record by 14 per cent. 



This statement is based upon complete figures published 

 jointly by the Bureau of the Census for 1919, and the Forest 

 Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, in co- 

 operation with the American Paper and Pulp Association, for 

 1920. 



$61,000 FOR BLACK HILLS ROAD 



Secretary of Agriculture Wallace has approved the ex- 

 penditure of $61,000 of National Forest Highway Funds for road 

 building on the Deadwood Hot Springs Highway in Penning- 

 ton County, South Dakota. This money was made available 

 for roads serving the National Forests and for roads within and 

 adjacent to the forests, which are of primary importance to 

 States, counties and communities. The section to be constructea 

 ties between Pactola and Merritt in the Black Hills National 

 Forest and will cover a distance of 6.6 miles. 



IVho Says 

 Fm Tired? 



IT'S only since I began to use Disston cross-cuts that I could 

 say that after a hard day's work. 



I didn't want to change from the old saw, but Jack Daly and 

 his gang raved so much about Disstons, and they had such a lot 

 of pep at night, that I thought I would take a Brodie and try one. 



And Oh, Boy the difference! 



The Disston people say the difference is in the steel and 

 workmanship. I guess they're right, for it has it all over the 

 old saw, and some old timers around the camp who are still 

 using Disston saws that they bought years ago say that the- 

 temper and the cutting edges are as good as new. 



From now on, it's Disston for me. 



Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. 

 Philadelphia, U. S. A. 



DISSTON 



CROSS-CUT SAWS 



