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Rate of decay of wood and the efficiency of various wood preservatives (fungus pit 

 tests) C. J. Humphrey. 



Moisture per cents at various points in posts; also the effect of beveling the tops of 

 posts M. C. Jensen. 



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



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



Collection of wholesale lumber prices Franklin II. Smith, Fisher Building, Chi- 

 cago, 111. 



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

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



Collection of statistics covering the use of preservatives in the United States during 

 1910 (15) II. S. Sackett, Fisher Building, Chicago, 111. 



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

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



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

 Fisher Building, Chicago, 111. 



Study of the wood-using industries of Louisiana (28) Hu Maxwell, Fisher Build- 

 ing. Chicago, 111. 



Study of the wood-using industries of Missouri (29) C. F. Hatch, Fisher Building, 

 Chicago, 111. 



Studies of the wood-using industries of Michigan (30) Franklin H. Smith, Fisher 

 Building, Chicago, 111. 



Study of the wood-using industries of Arkansas (31) John T. Harris, Fisher Build- 

 ing, Chicago, 111. 



Study of the effect of freight rates on the disposition of low-grade lumber H. S. 

 Sackett, Fisher Building, Chicago, 111. 



Preparation of reports upon the uses of the principal commercial woods Hu Max- 

 well, Fisher Building, Chicago, III.; W. L. Hall, Washington, D. C. 



Study of the substitution of other materials for wood in various industries Hu 

 Maxwell, Fisher Building, Chicago, 111. 



Study of hardwood inspection rules John T. Harris, Fisher Building, Chicago, 111. 



Study of the exports of forest products, with particular reference to the uses at 

 point of destination Hu Maxwell, Fisher Building, Chicago, 111. 



WASHINGTON OFFICE O. T. SWAN, in charge. 



Inspection and report on treated greenhouse timbers set in 1908 in cooperation with 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry O. T. Swan. 



Preparation of revised working plan for collection of annual statistics of forest 

 products in cooperation with the Census A. H. Pierson. 



Study of the wood-using industries of Virginia in cooperation with the State 

 R. E. Simmons. 



Testing and improving experimental types of pole-treating plants in cooperation 

 with the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey O. T. Swan. 



Preparation of report on the construction and operation of tannin extract plants 

 O. T. Swan. 



