Experiment in Wuod-iminy IruluMtriea. 



m:> 



ture of turpentine from red or Norway 

 pine by tlist illation wliii-h will re- 

 move the objeclionahle odor that 

 this proiluet has hitherto possessed. 



Many tests have been matie of the 

 strent,Mh of various lind)ers, and the 

 result nf some of these has luM-n in- 

 eorporateil in tfie buildinj; laws of 

 the state of New York. Te.sts of 

 fire-killed Douglas fir have shown 

 tliat this species d(M's not suffer ap- 

 preciably in stren^'th fi-om bein^; 

 killed ill this way. so lonjj as it re- 

 ij.ains sound. 



Kxperiiiu'nts in wood preservation 

 liave shown thai, by varying the 

 temperature and pressure in a va- 

 cuum-pressure plant it is possible to 

 treat spruce and hickory, which un- 

 der orilinary methods of numipula- 

 tion cannot be treated. 



In the work on woo<l seasoning, 

 exjieriinents in the kiln-drying pro- 

 cess resulted in the ib-vising of a 

 kiln in which the temperature, hu- 

 midity and <Mreulatii)n of the air 

 can be controlled. In the section of 

 wood jirescrvation. cniiuiH-rcial ere 

 osotes were examined and analy/.cd 

 so that the i)urchasing pid)lic miirlit 

 know just what they were gettinu'. 

 Many circulars have been publish 

 (A during the past two years and 

 half showing the results of the w(»ri 

 of the laboratory. Amonir these air- 

 to be found such titles as the fol'ou 

 ing : 'Kxporiments witli .lack Tine 

 and Ilemhxk for .M'chauical Pulp 

 (Thickens^ : 'Commercial Creosotes 

 (Winslow); 'Strenirth Tests of 

 Cross-arms' (Wil.Hon ; 'PregroHS I{e 

 port oti Wood-pavinir Kx|>eriments 

 in Minneapolis' (Homli : 'The Ab- 

 sitri'tion of (^-eosoto by the Cell 

 Walls of Woo.r (Toesdale and 

 Uuantity imd (^nnlily ol Creosot. 

 Found Ml Two Treated I'iles afte. 

 Lonir Service' (HatenuinV Man 

 otlier stmlies an> under way whic 

 will be foiMid usefiil to vnrion 

 wood-usine intlustries. 



SOMK (.IKMAN SHADJ 

 ri.AMI.NC* 



IKKK 



Ont- of tti 

 ffatureH of i . 



iH itM wemith of venlurv. In BtMition t« 

 tho famouH i'uliiiftii^arten, thr /r ' • n' 

 (iiir<li<ii, an<l ii h<>-t of |>arkii »ii<l 

 thf • Aiilat;*'". ' or | • • 



of the foniHT Ollt«r 



the U'lfinninK of the iiiu<*t>-«-iitb 



«Mi«ir< Ic the icnttT of the town. I." •• • 



■ U-iHo jiart of thf rity i» lH-autifir<l br il» 



iiiiiitoroiiH H'""'''""*' "•■■'■I*' » 



■'•K " tjaril»-ii, ofifii a -y.i 



twwn utreet an<l hou»«'. Tb»' u 



►trwtM ami hi>;h«ayH art* plaote<l ».i.. — .c 



trtt'!<. The |>lantiii(; of »ha<if trt-*"' i* tar- 



rifd oil uniliT tt " t 



tiaertiiorci, " an . 



lie parkn, oti-. Similar ron<lition» prrrati lo 



other Oerniuii titiei*. 



The tree** are ^{eiierally |ilatit<xl at intft 

 valft of H iiietiT!" I -"i feet). "h 



'prealini; i rovMi.-* art- 'et a • ' 



iijiart, while thofc «hnh 'lo not uprra I mrv 

 ]>lniite<l nearer tojjether. Tree* ar. • -:'>-^| 

 "ith ureat can-. Thi- uroiinl i« I 



liv :i hole I 



:i' f.i iLi, . whith h 



in which the partietilar trw i l» 



ra.'e of drought treet are t*- ' 



i..| «>?).••• a ^^e^•k or mill' oi 



>• are triinnie^i 

 • Hi fiort. 



The noil of the clay an-n* i> f.. ., ! tr. l* 

 \ery fertile, an«l alrea-ly n 



' the to\» n^hip ha» \ ■ ■ 



III iiio-t .a*"'" »l ' ■'■ 



ire<l anil l>r 

 ... i!.^ to the J 

 ' 1 Ilk' rcnio\i-.l the oritiinal ht-a* » yrunifc 

 ..I • • ' • •' 



Vft 



. . . • t. % 



; 



6.V Kobrrt Ha 



l-'al>rr town'Mt' 

 by I^ke Ti 



Sr 



I . M .. 



Nearly ei'.;!!* j-er cent. • 

 luniher cut in Cnn.Trla is m 

 hoxo>«. 



water from 



,< P»r«i. 



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