INDEX 



457 



Larch, distillation, 227 



, (including tamarack), amount for boxes, 



251 



for tanning, 65 

 , lumber cut, 8 

 , (tamarack), lumber value, 10 

 , western, cross ties, amount, 267 

 , , ties, durability, 293 

 Latex, collecting, 409, 410 

 , source of rubber, 404, 405 

 Lath, annual consumption and wastage, 5 

 , wastage, 5 



Lawson, P. V., on papermaking in Wiscon- 

 sin, 59 



Leather, manufacturer, reference, 87 

 World, reference to, 87 

 Leaver, J. M., on box estimator, 261 

 Life of mine timbers, 334, 335 

 Lightwood used for distillation, 227 

 Lima- wood, 417 



Lime, acetate of, see acetate of lime 

 Limestone used in making sulphite acid, 41 

 Limnoria, damage to piling, 320 

 Linear foot, equivalent, 15 

 Liquors, spent, recovery of, 50 

 Little, A. D., on chemistry of papermaking, 

 58 



, , softwood distillation, 225 



Load, equivalents, 17 

 , (in the rough), equivalents, 15 

 Loading, chestnut poles, illustration of, 315 

 , southern white cedar poles, illustration of, 



3i8 



Locust, black, ties, durability, 293 

 , poles, amount, 303 

 , posts, 326 

 Log chutes, 68, 69 

 Logging, poles and piling, 310 

 , shingle bolts, 354, 355, 356 

 , waste in, 1 1 

 Logos rubber, 406 

 Logwood, 416, 417 

 , prices of, 417 



Louisiana, box lumber consumption, 252 

 , lumber cut, 3, 7 

 , wood fuel used, 339 

 Loss of wood in manufacture of saw logs, 13 

 Lumber and timbers, n 



, export, ii 



, annual production of, 6 

 , cut, history of, 2 

 , , use of, 1 1 



Lumber, production, by states, 3, 7 



, , changes in, 3 



, quality of, used for lumber, 249 



, used for boxes, 248 



, values, 9, 10 



, wastage in producing, 5 



McGill, A., on maple syrup, 400 



McKoy cup, illustration of collecting resin 



with, 176 



Machine, die stamping, 98 

 , for chamfering, howeling and crozing 



tight barrels, illustration of, 161 

 Machines, excelsior, 428 

 , listing, illustration of, 155 

 , shingle, 356 

 Madura tinctoria, 418 

 Magnolia, amount for boxes, 251 

 Mahogany, sawed veneers, 101 

 , sliced veneers, 99 

 , used for veneers, 90, 94, 95, 99, 106 

 , veneer, prices, 95 

 , veneers, use, 106 

 Maine, box lumber consumption, 252 

 , lumber cut, 3, 7 

 , wood fuel used, 339 

 Malaya rubber plantations, 407 

 Management of timber lands for hardwood 



distillation, 195 

 Mangabeira, rubber, 406 

 Mangrove bark, for tanning, 60, 63, 64, 65, 

 82, 83, 84 



, production of, 82 



, use of in Europe, 83 



, tannin contents of, 64 

 Manicobas, rubber, 406 

 Manihot glaziovii, rubber, 406 

 Manihots, rubber, 406 

 Manufacture of boxes, 253 



cork, 438, 440 



dyestuffs, 415 



maple syrup and sugar, 390 

 mechanical pulp, 31 



paper from wood pulp, 50 



slack cooperage stock, 122 



soda pulp, 48 



sulphate pulp, 47 



sulphite pulp, 38 



tight staves and heading, 153 

 Manufacturing tight staves, cost of, 155 



