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FOREST PRODUCTS 



down to 2 in. in diameter are utilized. When over 8 in. in diameter, the 

 wood is commonly split. Body wood is much preferred to limb wood 

 because the latter contains too much sapwood and, consequently, more 

 moisture. As mentioned previously, yields from heartwood are much 

 greater than those from sapwood. 



Opportunities for Utilization of Sawmill and Woods Waste. 



Some of the most successful plants in this country are operated where 

 woods waste consisting of tops, limbs, crooked trees, defective logs and 

 broken material in the woods can be utilized to advantage. Haul roads, 



Photograph by Nelson C. Brown. 



FIG. 55. General view of the Maryland Wood Products Co, plant at Maryland, Otsego Co., 

 New York. The trucks loaded with hard maple, beec and birch on the left are ready 

 to be moved into the retorts in the oven house. 



skidways and railroads maintained and operated for the purpose of get- 

 ting out logs can be utilized to excellent advantage in getting out the 

 other material for distillation purposes, and under these conditions the 

 wood can be delivered at the factory at a very low comparative cost. 

 This is the method usually followed in connection with large distillation 

 plants in Michigan and Wisconsin and is also followed to some extent 

 in the Adirondacks. Where the larger logs are utilized for lumber, the 

 material that would otherwise be wasted is used for wood distillation 



