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federal or state agencies, co-operating 

 to meet this critical situation con- 

 tain references to the following: 



The Boston and Maine railroad 

 and Xew York Central and Hudson 

 River railroad have decided to stop 

 the burning of old ties. The laLter 

 company has been burning 1,750,000 

 lies each year. It is estimated that 

 these are equivalent to 30,000 tons 

 of coal. 



The annual conference of county 

 agents and Farm Bureau representa- 

 tives held at Durham, N.H., Decem- 

 l^er 5 and 6, adopted a plan which 

 calls for the appointment of men on 

 the Executive Committees of the 

 Farm Bureaus, who shall be respon- 

 sible for the wood campaign. In 

 many cases, the local Fuel Adminis- 

 trators will be appointed in order to 

 tie up more closely the various 

 agencies concerned. 



The Fuel Administrator for Clare- 

 mont, X.H., reports that the Cham- 

 ber of Commerce has appropriated 

 SI, 000 for buying stumpage at a price 

 not to exceed $1.50 per cord; and for 

 cutting and hauling. The wood is to 

 be sold at cost price. 



Mr. Frank L. Hildebrand, repre- 

 sentative of the Federal Trade Com- 

 mission in New England, reports that 

 i)ecause of the shortage of wood in 

 northern New Hampshire and Ver- 

 mont, more coal than usual has been 

 consumed. Many locaUties have had 

 their full quota of coal, and it is 

 doubtful whether they can get more 

 since it would be unfair to other 

 sections. 



Municipal Yards 



On October 13th, A. W. McAllister, 

 the Fuel Administrator of North 

 •Carolina issued a timely circular 

 urging cities and towns as a war 

 measure to furnish wood to consum- 

 ers at cost. His plan is as follows: 



Let each municipality (1) buy wood 

 by wholesale in large quantities for 

 delivery by wagon or railroad at a 

 municipal woodyard, which should be 

 located on a railroad siding if wood is 

 to be shipped in by rail; (2) equip the 

 >ard with power-saws, etc., utilizing 

 such available equipment as the 

 municipality already has; (3) use 



convict labor, workhouse labor, or 

 street force to do the work; (4) use the 

 municipal teams for delivery of wood 

 to consumer, cut ready for consump- 

 tion at actual cost; (5) put somebody 

 in charge of the work \yho is capable 

 of doing it successfully; (6) do not 

 use coal cars for shipping in your 

 supply of wood; (7) if wood cannat 

 be bought in sufficient quantities to 

 supply the municipal yard, contract 

 with land owners for the privilege 

 of cutting the wood under forest 

 conservation restrictions and direct 

 the cutting of the wood with your 

 own labor; (8) encourage consumers 

 to substitute sheet iron wood stoves 

 for their coal burners. 



War Fuel Companies 



War fuel companies have been or- 

 ganized in practically every country 

 of Tennessee. Each company has a 

 manager w^ho superintends wood cut- 

 ting. Six per cent, on the money 

 invested is all the profit charged by 

 these concerns, which are directed by 

 patriotic citizens. Wood is being 

 purchased in Tennessee for $4 a cord 

 dehvered. It will retail at $5.50 a 

 cord for fire wood and $6.50 a cord 

 for stove wood. 



Local Administrator Shurtleff of 

 Lancaster, N.H., reported that 20 

 business men of his town have con- 

 tracted for 500 runs of 13 inch wood 

 at $3 a run, the same to be sold by 

 them at cost. 



An effort will be made to have 

 lumber companies keep their crews 

 chopping cordwood after completing 

 the lumber jobs and before the spring 

 drive. 



A preliminary survey of the local 

 fuel situation at Missoula, Montana, 

 has been made by the Forest Service. 

 It was found that there is a consider- 

 able shortage in the supply of mill- 

 wood which ordinarily furnishes an 

 important part of the total fuel con- 

 sumption. Since there is little likeli- 

 hood that this shortage can be met 

 by an increased supply of coal, efforts 

 were made to locate adequate supplies 

 of cordwood within a reasonable dis- 

 tance of town. Such a supply w^as 

 found in' the form of tops and defec- 



