THE TRAINING OP A FORESTER 



ducted through the Forest Products Labora- 

 tory, in cooperation with the University of 

 Wisconsin at Madison. Here timber is 

 tested to ascertain its strength, the products 

 of wood distillation are investigated, wood 

 pulp and paper studies of large reach are 

 carried on, the methods of wood preservation 

 and the results of applying them are in con- 

 stant course of being examined, and the 

 diseases of trees and of wood are studied in 

 cooperation with the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture. The consumption of wood, and 

 the production of lumber and forest prod- 

 ucts, are also the subject of continuous in- 

 vestigation, and various necessary special 

 studies are xmdertaken from time to time. 

 A good example was the recent effort to find 

 new uses and new markets for wood killed by 

 the chestnut blight in the northeastern 

 United States. 



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