54 Our Field and Forest Trees 



trade measurements. Beautiful trees are now 

 being felled that their wood may be made into 

 small articles — toothpicks, matches, spools, 

 clothes-pins, and pegs. Slabs and other waste of 

 the lumber mills might be used In making these 

 things. 



If the timber which we have already cut is 

 thriftily used fewer trees will have to fall next 

 year. 



So, In order to prevent the waste of wood, the 

 Government of the United States has lately 

 started what is called the " Bureau of Wood 

 Utilization." It Is doing great work for the 

 country in teaching lumbermen how to use the 

 whole of a felled tree, and thus saving the lives of 

 standing trees. 



When the office began its work, letters of in- 

 quiry were written to every manufacturer using 

 wood — to the makers of furniture, brushes, toys, 

 boxes, musical Instruments, boats, doors, and win- 

 dow sashes and frames. Thus the Bureau found 

 out what sorts of wood were needed in special 

 Industries, and what factories would use small 

 pieces and odds and ends of lumber. 



All that was learned in the many replies re- 

 ceived was brought together in a report, and this 

 was printed and distributed to thousands of lum- 

 bermen and manufacturers. Thanks to this re- 

 port, many dollars and hundreds of trees have 

 been saved. People have been enabled to sell 



