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I AMERICAN FORESTRY I 



VOL. XXIV 



JUNE, 1918 



I 



NO. 294 



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SPRUCE FOR AIRPLANES THE EYES OF THE ALLIED ARMIES 



IN no previous conflict has dependence upon wood in 

 warfare been such a tremendous factor or so strik- 

 ingly illustrated. Competitive substitutes for man's 

 oldest material of artifice were apparently threatening it 



three years ago, but the supreme test of race preservation 

 has quickly proved there is no substitute. Hereafter will 

 be no uncertainty as to the importance of forest resources 

 and the lumber industry in national efficiency and 



Committee on Public Information 



STEAM LOGGING, TO GET THE SPRUCE LOGS OUT OF THE FORESTS 



Thii soldier-woodsman is signalling the donkey engineer, in getting out this big fellow. The Spruce Production Division of the Signal Corps 



is busy clearing our forests of spruce, so necessary in the manufacture of airplanes. 



