TIMBER TESTS J. A. NEWLIN, in charge. 



Standard tests on maple, red oak, and ash F. J. Hallauer; assistants, T. Lyons, 

 R. C. Phipps, H. N. Brue, and C. J. Coyle. 



Preparation of general report on timber tests McGarvey Cline; assistant, A. L. 

 Heim. 



WOOD DISTILLATION L. F. HAWLEY, in charge. 



Refining and grading of wood turpentine L. F. Hawley. 



Methods pf turpentine analysis L. F. Hawley; assistant, E .Bateman. 



Experiments in steam distillation of resinous wood L. F. Hawley; assistant, R. C. 

 Palmer. 



Experiments in the destructive distillation of resinous wood L. F. Hawley, 

 assistant, R. C. Palmer. 



WOOD PRESERVATION F. M. BOND, in charge. 



Preservation of cross-ties from decay in cooperation with the Chicago, Milwaukee 

 and St. Paul Railroad F. M. Bond. 



Resistance of different woods to injection with preservatives C. P. Winslow. 



Preservation of timber used in the construction of silos, in cooperation with the 

 University of Wisconsin F. M. Bond. 



The construction and experimental operation of a timber- treating plant in 

 cooperation with the War Department, Picatinny Arsenal E. W. Peters, Dover, 

 N. J. 



Fungicidal properties of coal-tar creosote fractions C. H. Teesdale. 



Comparative efficiency of various wood preservatives in cooperation with their 

 manufacturers L. Witt. 



Durability tests on insulator pins in cooperation with the Camp Manufacturing 

 Company F. M. Bond. 



PATHOLOGY (in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry) C. J. HUM- 

 PHREY, in charge. 



Collection of wood-destroying fungi and data relative to a timber-disease survey 

 of the United States C. J. Humphrey. 



Study of wood-destroying fungi in pure culture to determine the factors governing 

 their growth and mode of dissemination C. J. Humphrey. 



WOOD UTILIZATION H. S. SACKETT, in charge, Fisher Building, Chicago, 111. 



[The figures in the studies below indicate the number of the project.] Study of the 

 wood-using industries of Kentucky, in cooperation with the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture, Forestry, and Immigration (3) R. E. Simmons, Fisher Building, Chicago, 111. 



Preparation of a market report for Chicago, 111. (8) Franklin H. Smith, Fisher 

 Building, Chicago, 111. 



Study of woods which may be used as substitutes for the southern junipers in the 

 manufacture of lead pencils (14) H. S. Sackett, Fisher Building, Chicago, 111. 



Study of the woods which may be used in the manufacture of bobbins and shuttles 

 (16) H. S. Sackett, Fisher Building, Chicago, 111. 



Study of the methods of hickory manufacture and utilization (21) C. F. Hatch, 

 Fisher Building, Chicago, 111.; Assistants, Quincy Randies and J. C. Nellis. 



