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By-Products of the Forest 



out the knots, and the log is cut into small bolts 

 a foot long and five or six inches thick. These 

 are shot into a huge machine called a "hog." 

 This hog is a powerful grinder, and the wood, 



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after going through it, is in small chips, and 

 ready to be "cooked." 



When cooking or steaming has softened the 

 chips, they are ready to be taken into the "beater 

 room." There, in immense tanks, the wood is 

 reduced to fibers, which are beaten or bruised 



