crtiolos for the pr.pers tolling of this land anf. inutoad of 

 pie boin~ required to pay :;1COO for a lot lease then one 

 of our 3 Cor five or ton rollers K. yoar. 



.Ll.r/: Uy experience h^B boon that the Ir.nd in 

 this country is so rou~h thr.t it IB only hero ;nd thoro thc.t 

 a piooo o?" Ir.nd lovol enough ior a residence site can bo 

 found that can "bo surveyed. 



Products 



A?.M3710TT:>: The local office of Products, in it a 

 or!: of securing the boat possible utllizction of Uatural 

 lorost one. other timbers, finds it necessary to have fin 



c.nicr-tion different frorn that found in any other office 

 of the Service. At the present tine the personnel is made 

 up of three I'orcst School rn, one chenist, one nochanicr.l, 

 and one civil engineer. This vill rive eone ic'oc of the 

 ^roblera T'l-.ioh it is forced to fr.co, and solve. Soraotinea 

 a ^rojlora is too corv;<lex for our slo?v'or nerns, rhon it 

 becoraos noccco&ry to refor it to one thorou <-ily equipped 

 oontrcl laboratory ct Jliidioon, Wisconsin. 



In li -htly ~oin? ovor the r;or": th<;t \ve nro doinrji 

 I rill su^rait iy ro^Tiir : :s under the hoads of a-jocieo. 



Pine; 



Stron-th toots rro to "bo nr.do, during the coning 

 yerr, upon s^ocinens of Lhlu timber. This v/ill bo done in 

 connection rlth c comprehensive eorios of toots covering 

 ell of tho coranercial tinoors in tho United States. '.7o, c.t 

 ono time hr.d in this District r. tesliin-- laboratory, in 

 cooperation wit'i tho University of Crlifornlo, l>ut this 



discontinued about a year nn<f a he If cjo. All tests 

 i -on California T/oodo rnuct no v- ">o rnt^o at Sor ttlo, or 

 Jtodison. 







Arrcno:oonto hr.ve alo-j been nc.de to raa.^re ox- 

 porinontn.1 stoau diBtillr-tiono u^on the noodles, $wl0 r.nd 

 conoo of tliis Qjocios, to c'etorriino the yield m ohrraotor 

 of the acrchun table products o'otclned. 



'./c a Lorn Yollor: Pine; 



V/o are invostirctlnT this species '"ith ro^arr tj 

 its vrluo ca a fonoo-post, tele-rmh pole, and oca pilin/- 

 fcirabor in co^nontion -.'ith preservt-.tlvo tro.'-tnonts by 

 creosote, of course. In tho tr-o forner uaes it iE un- 

 doubtedly a aucceoa, ti < .".in7 ohe place of the more ex^onelvo 

 ceclcr end junipor poloa cnr" posts. 



