INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO FOREST PRODUCTS. 13 



INDUSTRIAL INVESTIGATIONS AND FOREST PRODUCTS LABORA- 

 TORY. 



Current information. 



It is essential that the Forest Products Laboratory be kept cur- 

 rently in touch with the work done and results obtained by Indus- 

 trial Investigations because of the close bearing of such data upon the 

 studies conducted at the Laboratory. The director of the Labora- 

 tory will designate certain of his assistants from time to time who will 

 be responsible for the review and compilation of all data obtained on 

 uses of wood. The chief of Industrial Investigations will send to 

 the Laboratory for review by such designated members of the staff 

 copies of progress reports and other current material of value to the 

 Laboratory. 



Review of working plans. 



Working plans for new projects proposed by Industrial Investiga- 

 tions will be sent to the Laboratory for review and suggestions be- 

 fore the work is begun; and all manuscripts on industries, species, 

 and other subjects will be sent to the Laboratory for review prior to 

 their publication. 



Working plans for new projects proposed at the Laboratory will 

 be submitted to Industrial Investigations for review and suggestions, 

 when in the judgment of the director the work proposed has an im- 

 portant bearing on the field of the latter unit. Manuscripts having 

 u similar bearing will be sent to Industrial Investigations for review 

 prior to publication. 



Special Laboratory tests. 



The procedure outlined on page 11 for tests at the Laboratory of 

 material sent from the districts will apply to tests and other special 

 experiments required by Industrial Investigations in the prosecution 



of its studies. 



APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS. 



Testing material. 



The cost of procuring and shipping testing material will be borne 

 by the unit at whose instance the investigation was undertaken; by 

 the Forest Products Laboratory when the material is required in con- 

 nection with a Laboratory project; by Industrial Investigations when 

 the material is required for projects assigned to that office; and by 

 a National Forest district when the tests are to be made as part of a 

 technical or administrative investigation in the district. 



Details. 



The cast of details of experts from the Forest Products Laboratory 

 or Office of Industrial Investigations for assignments or conferences 

 in the district will be borne by the unit furnishing the expert, except 

 as other arrangements are made in special cases by the assistant 

 forester. 



