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United States Dept. of agriculture. Jour- 

 nal of agricultural research, May 22, 

 1916 Hypoderma deformans, an un-. 

 described needle fungus of western 

 yellow pine, by James R. Weir, . 

 p. 277-88. 

 Vermont advance, May 6, 1916. State for- 

 est reservation; Vermont now has 

 twelve, by Roderic M. Olzendam, p. 5. 

 Trade journels and consular reports 

 American lumberman, May 13, 1916. 

 American wood export and import 

 statistics, by James E. Long, p. 36-8. 

 American lumberman, May 20, 1916. More 

 wood block paving laid in seven states, 

 p. 29; Logging in the Appalachian 

 Mts., by P. C. Thede, p. 36-7 ; Electric 

 tractors reduce yard operating cost, 

 p. 38, 56. 

 American lumberman, May 27, 1916. Can 

 national forests be made self-support- 

 ing? by Theodore S. Woolsey, Jr., 

 p. 58. 

 American lumberman, June 3, 1916. Yel- 

 low pine stumps utilized profitably, p. 

 29-30; Why architects and engineers 

 want branded timber, by Frank D. 

 Chase, p. 43-4; Educating the public 

 in the use of wood, by H. P. Baker, 

 p. 47, 64. 

 American lumberman, June 10, 1916. How 

 alcohol is made ; difference in processes 

 of manufacturing wood alcohol and 

 ethyl alcohol, p. 33; Lumbermen visit 

 forest products laboratory, p. 34-5. 

 Barrel and box, May, 1916. Basswood as 



box material, p. 43. 

 Canada lumberman, May 15, 1916. Log- 

 ging railroads in the east, p. 86-8; 

 British Columbia logging along the 

 C. P. R., p. 89-90; Eastern Canada 

 pulpwood trade, p. 90-1; Saw milling 

 methods of fifty years ago, by I. N. 

 Kendall, p. 101-3; The cooperage in- 

 dustry in Ontario, by J. Innes, p. 

 109-10; Hardwoods of Algoma dis- 

 trict, p. 110; Surveying New Bruns- 

 wick timber lands, by P. Z. Caverhill, 

 p. Ill; Increasing the markets for 

 birch, by J. M. Donovan, p. 116-17; 

 Forest conservation during war, by 

 Clyde Leavitt, p. 118-19; Scientific 

 cruising creates profit; how the Laur- 

 entide company revolutionized its op- 

 erations and saved thousands of dol- 

 lars, by Elwood Wilson, p. 120-1; The 

 growth of spruce in New Brunswick, 

 by R. B. Miller, p. 122-3. 

 Canada lumberman, June 1, 1916. Lum- 

 bering industry of Newfoundland, by 

 J. W. McGrath, p. 32; Decay in tim- 

 ber prevented by treatment, p. 34-7; 

 Protecting forests by publicity, Rob- 

 son Black, p. 37-8. 

 Engineering news, April 13, 1916. Wood- 

 block pavement is improved by traffic, 

 p. 696. 

 Engineering record, May 13, 1916. Small 

 check dams, in series, lessen flood 

 velocities in California ravines, by 

 Harry F. Olmstead, p. 636. 

 Engineering record, June 3, 1916. Test 

 Douglas fir ties for holding force of 

 spikes, p. 748. 

 Engineering record, June 10, 1916. Timber 



owners make stumps pay, p. 764. 

 Hardwood record, May 25, 1916. Saw- 

 milling in troubled Mexico, p. 22-4. 

 Journal of industrial and engineering chem- 

 istry. March, 1916. Temperature con- 

 trol in wood distillation, by R. C. Pal- 

 mer, p. 283-4. 

 Lumber world review, May 25, 1916. Use 



of wood pulp silk increasing, p. 39. 

 Mississippi Valley lumberman, May 12, 

 1916. An architect's views of the uses 

 of wood, by Wm. Gray Purcell, p. 35. 



