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We people of the United States consume every year enough wood in 

 the form of lumber to build and furnish a double row of five-room 

 houses which, spaced one hundred feet apart, would extend all 

 the way from New York to Seattle, south to San Francisco and 

 back again via New Orleans 3 



The old Washington Homestead at Mount Vernon stands today as a 

 proof of the durability of wood 6 



The 125 miUion new ties required by the railroads of the United 

 States every year would be sufficient to carry a track five times 

 around the world at the equator 9 



The rate of consumption by our railroads attains the figure of four 

 ties every second 12 



Only when radio entirely displaces the ordinary telephone will wood 

 poles be no longer needed 16 



Modern methods have made it possible for the ordinary farmer to 

 treat his fence posts with a scientific preservative and thereby 

 obtain from them a maximum of service 18 



Without wood many of our important mining industries would be 

 forced to shut down 20 



Barrels are generally manufactured piece-meal, one plant making 

 the staves, another the heads, and a third the hoops 24 



The various steps in pencil making 26 



From the use of wood we obtain pleasure in many ways 28 



The cgmmon match and the safety match. The first is made in 

 America where we have had wood in abundance; the second is 

 made in Europe where wood must be conserved 31 



The heat derived from one ton of coal costing $14.00 and one cord of 

 wood costing $10.00 is about equal, but the cord of wood will 

 weigh two tons, take up more storage space and require constant 

 feeding to the fire 39 



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