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INDEX 



Distillation, hardwood, ovens, 209 



, , plant equipment 



, , processes of manufacture in, 199 



, , retort house, 207 



, , seasoning and weights of wood used 



in, iQ3 



, , storage yards, 206, 207 

 , , time required for, 204 

 , , trackage and cars, 207 

 , , use of sawmill and woods waste, 194 

 , , utilization of products, 220 

 , , wood for, 192 

 , , wood consumption for, 196 

 , , yields, 217 

 of naval stores, 178 

 , softwood, development of, 225, 226 

 , , future of, 233 

 , , general, 225 

 , , light wood used for, 227 

 , , prices of products, 230 

 , , process, 228 

 , , utilization of products, 232 

 , , yields from 228 

 , steam, and extraction, 230 



wood, wastage, 5 



District of Columbia r box lumber con- 

 sumption, 252 



Divi-divi, for tanning, 64, 84, 85 



, production and use of, 84 



, tannin contents of, 64 



Division of time in making charcoal, 245 



Doyle rule used in measuring heading and 

 stave logs, 137 



Douglas fir ties, hauling, 283 



Driers, paper, 56 



Drop-saw used in pulp mills, 31 



Drums, cylindrical, used in drying pulp, 45 



Drying floor for acetate of lime, 212 



sulphite pulp, 45 



Dumesny, Paul, on wood distillation, 223 

 Durability of shingle, 368 



species used for cross ties, 293 



Dyera coslulla, 406 

 Dyes, butternut, 414 

 , raw materials, 416 

 Dyestuff, manufacture, 414 

 Dye woods, general, 414 

 - , imports, 421 







Ebonite or hard rubber, 412 



Economic value of tanning materials, 60 



Elm, amount for boxes, 251 



for pulp, 26 



, fuel value, 342 



hoops, 131, 132 

 , weights, 138 



, lumber, cut, 8 

 , value, 10 

 -posts, 329 

 - staves, sizes, 140 

 , weights, 137 



used for slack cooperage, 119, 120 



in mines, 332 



veneers, use of, 107 



, white, charcoal yield, 239 



, , ties, durability, 293 



Employees required in hardwood distillation 



plant, 214, 215 

 Endothea parasitica, 301 

 England, G. A., on papcrmaking, 58 

 Equalizer, Trevor stave bolt, 124 

 Equipment, distillation plant, cost of, 206 



for syrup and sugar making, 391 



in still house, cost of, 211 



of still house, 210, 211, 212 



tight stave mill, cost of, 156 



, plant in hardwood distillation, 206 

 Equivalents, fuel value, wood and coal, 343 

 , list of, 14, 15, 16, 17 

 , slack cooperage, 137 



used in tight cooperage industry, 152 

 Eucalyptus fuel wood, 340 

 European countries, waste in, 12 



species, yield in charcoal, 238 

 Evaporators used in making maple syrup, 



390, 391, 392, 393, 394 

 Excelsior, annual consumption and wastage, 



5 



, baling press, 429 

 , cost of raw material, 427 

 , general, 424 



machines, 428 



machines in operation, illustration of, 



430 



, manufacture, 426 

 , , illustration of, 427 

 , specifications, 425 

 , uses of, 425 

 , wastage, 5 



woods, qualities desired, 424 

 Exothermic process in hardwood distillation, 



204 

 Export boxes, 260 



