excelsior, the wood must be straight grained and clear of 

 knots. It must be out green and then seasoned and out in six- 

 foot lengths* At the plant it is again cut in eighteen-inch 

 lengths which give six pieces of eigh teen-inch timber. The 

 following manner is the method of making excelsior: 



First, remove th6 bark; then place the wood in a clamp 

 that has an automatic feed. The knife and spur-bit work on an 

 upright piston. The spur-bit is an arrangement made of steel 

 vrith teeth about one-sixteenth of en inch long and fiv<S inches 

 in width. This marks 'the wood, and the knife follows, shaving 

 off the wood into "long, feathery strings. One cord of wood 

 vrlll make about 1,200 pounds of excelsior of the first grade and 

 about 400 pounds o? the second grade. There are only two grades 

 made at this plant. The excelsior is baled by machinery for 

 shipment. A bale vdll weigh approximately seventy-five pounds. 

 The plant consumes about 300 cords of wood a year, producing an 

 average of twenty-five bales per month. 



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HEADQUARTERS 5 2 W S 



District Engineer Walter Huber spent a few days on the 

 Forest in June, investigating several water power propositions. 



Assistant District Forester Lo A'. Barrett and Supor- ' 

 visor Bigelow made a tour of the Forest the early part of July, 

 being in the fiold rbout tr/o weeks. 



G. M. Hunt of the Office of Products is in charge of 

 the treating and distillation plant at Uorth Bloomfield. Mrs. 

 Hunt is T/ith him and thoir ocxnp undof the pine trees is as cozy 

 and home-like as anyone could desire. 



Maurice S. 'Macy, Assistant Ranger in the Sierravllle 

 District last Suamer, has resigned his position. He will en- 

 gage in ranching in the San Joaquin Valley. 



Several designations have come to our notice recently 

 which wo have failed to classify. Some of these interesting 

 medifidations of our filing scheme are: "OO-Tahoe-Fire-Tin Fire 

 Signs" ", "00-Operation-Uni forms-Corduroy* 1 , "O 

 ation". 



