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INDEX 



Walnut, lumber cut, 8 

 , value, 10 



Ward, James, beginning of hardwood dis- 

 tillation by, 189 



War Industries Board, Report of, 20 

 Washing soda pulp, 49 



sulphite pulp, 43 



Washington, box lumber consumption, 252 

 , lumber cut, 3, 7 

 , shingle making in, 352, 354, 365 

 , wood fuel used, 339 

 Wastage, comparison of American and 

 European conditions, 12 



in production of forest products, 12 

 wood production, 5 



Waste in European countries, 12 



logging, 13 



, mill, charcoal yield, 238 

 , , used for pulp, 27, 29 

 , sawmill and woods, used for hardwood 



distillation, 194 



, , used for paper pulp, 26, 28, 29, 30 

 , utilization of, in manufacture of slack 

 cooperage, 135 



wood used for fuel, 340, 341 



Watt, Alexander on the art of papermaking, 



59 



Wattle, 86 



, golden for tanning, 64 



, , tannin contents of, 64 



Weed Lumber Co., 109 



Weiss, H. F., on preservation of timbers, 293 



, , seasoning poles, 316 



Weights of wood used for hardwood dis- 

 tillation, 193 



, shingle, 367 



, stock, slack cooperage, 137 



Wentling, J. P., on woods used for packing 

 boxes, 262 



Coast Lumberman on shingle prices, 363 

 Lumbermans' Association, shingle 



branch, 360 



West Indies, lumber trade with, 2 

 - Virginia, box lumber consumption, 252 



, lumber cut, 7 



, wood fuel used, 339 



Western Red Cedar Association, pole speci- 

 fications, 304 



spruce for pulp, 24 



Wet machine, photograph of, 44 

 Wickham, H. A., rubber plantations, 407 

 Willow, amount for boxes, 251 



- Willow excelsior, 426 

 , used for pulp, 29 



Winslow, C. P., on grouping of ties for treat- 

 ment, 298 



Wire bound boxes, 258 

 Wisconsin, box lumber consumption, 252 

 , excelsior made in, 426 

 , lumber cut, 3, 7 

 , wood fuel used, 339 

 Wi throw, J. R., on hardwood distillation, 223 

 Wood alcohol, price of, 218, 219 



, refining, 212 

 , uses of, 221 



, yield of, 217 



, per cord, 219 

 , annual consumption of for pulp, 23 

 , use of, ii 

 , best, for charcoal, 236 



chipper, photograph of, 39 



consumption statistics of, for hardwood 



distillation, 196 



, distillation, cutting and delivering to the 

 factory, 193 



dyes, 414 



, excelsior, value of, 428 



fuel, hauling, illustration of, 347 

 see fuel wood 



, value compared to coal, 343 



gas, yield of, in hardwood distillation, 217 

 , uses of, 223 



, loss of, in manufacture of saw logs, 13 

 , preparation of wood for paper pulp, 31 



pulp and paper, 18 



, capital employed by, 19 

 , cold and hot ground, 33 



and paper, history of, 18, 20 

 , imports of, 57 



-, , 58 



, yield of from different woods, 37 



industry, tendency to move to Canada, 



27 



, shrinkage, 345 

 , solid, amount per cord, 344 



tar, uses of, 222 



, yields of, in hardwood distillation, 217 



used for making brick, 344 



to smelt copper, 344 



, utilization of for hardwood distillation, 



192 

 Wooden ware, 11 



and novelties, 1 1 

 Woodlot, source of fuel, 336, 340 



