1750 Canadian Forcsirij JournaL June, 191 S 



Genealogy of Forest Products 



Bv G. C. Piciii-:. 



A- -Raw materials obtained from the forest without manufacturing. 



Firewood, mine props, fence posts, hop poles, railway ties, 



masts, marine timber, booms, poles. 



Sawlogs, square timber, flat timber. 



Hemlock bark, birch bark. 



Foliage for decoration purposes, fruits, nuts, flowers. 



Spruce gum, pine gum, tamarac gum, Canada balsam. 



B — Uses of forest products in the industry. 



I — The timber is not affected in its physical appearance, 

 a — The industrial preparation is brief. 



Sawn lumber, deals, boards, etc. 

 Building timber, beams, joists, rafters, etc. 

 Shingles, laths, mouldings, flooring, etc. 



b — Manufactured goods. 



Packing cases, boxes, cooperage goods, veneer furniture, 



carriages, farm wagons, railroad cars. 

 Musical instruments, caskets and coffins, trunks, valises. 

 Excelsior, shuttles, spools, bobbins. 



Agricultural implements, machine construction, handles, 

 « pulleys, boot and shoe fmdings. 



Matches and toothpicks, brushes, novelties, woodenware. 

 Ship and boat building, sporting goods, etc., etc. 



n — The wood is transformed into pulp and paper. 



Alechanical pulp, chemical pulp or cellulose. 



Newspaper, writing paper, wrapping paper, toilet paper. 



Fibreware (buckets, pails, tubs) undergrounds, conduits, 

 viscose, twine, cloth, carpet, artificial leather, all manu- 

 factured from pulp. 



Mordants, alcohols, turpentine, acetone, Oxalic acid, etc., 

 extracted from residual liquors of this fabrication. 



Ill — Maceration or distillation of wood, leaves, etc. 

 Potash, obtained by washing ashes. 

 Tanin, drawn from the barks of oak, hemlock, etc. 

 Charcoal, residuous of the distillation of wood. 

 Wood alcohol, turpentine, Acetate of hme, gas, tar, creosote, 



obtained by distillation of wood. 

 Cedar oil, spruce oil, etc., by distillation of needles. 

 Maple syrup, maple sugar, birch syrup, by evaporation of sap 

 of maple, or birch. 



