CHAPTER VII 



MANUFACTURES, ETC. 



There are many manufactures in wMcli wood 

 is employed as the raw material ; of these paper 

 pulp is by far the most important. From time 

 immemorial the fibres of various plants such as 

 hemp, flax and jute have been used for the 

 manufacture of paper. The Japanese make their 

 paper from the bast of Broussonetia papyrifera, 

 a Mulberry. The bast of this tree consists of a 

 close network of fibres, these are hammered into 

 sheets and the manufacture of paper of requisite 

 evenness is complete. The use of wood as the 

 basis of paper making is a comparatively recent 

 introduction, and at the present time the timber 

 supplies of certain parts of the world are being 

 seriously drained to supply the demand. 



Nearly all the timber used in the manufacture 

 of " chemical " wood pulp is derived from 

 Canada and Scandinavia, and the timber used 

 is mainly Pine and Fir. In America and on the 

 Continent non-coniferous wood, such as Poplar, 

 (Fig. 13), is used in largely increasing quantities. 



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