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INDEX 



Distillation, hardwood, ovens, 209 

 -, plant equipment 

 -, processes of manufacture in, igg 

 -, retort house, 207 

 -, seasoning and weights of wood used 



in, 193 



-, storage yards, 206, 207 



-, time required for, 204 



-, trackage and cars, 207 

 , — , use of sawmill and woods waste, 104 



-, utilization of products, 220 



-, wood for, 192 



-, wood consumption for, 196 

 •, — , yields, 217 

 - of naval stores, 178 

 , softwood, development of, 225, 226 

 , — , future of, 233 



-, general, 225 

 , — , lightwood used for, 227 



-, prices of products, 230 



-, process, 228 



-, utilization of products, 232 



-, yields from 228 

 , steam, and extraction, 230 



— wood, wastage, s 



District of Columbia, box lumber con- 

 sumption, 252 



Divi-divi, for tanning, 64, 84, 85 



— , production and use of, 84 



— , tannin contents of, 64 



Division of time in making charcoal, 245 



Doyle rule used in measuring heading and 

 stave logs, 137 



Douglas fir ties, hauling, 283 



Driers, paper, 56 



Drop-saw used in pulp mills, 31 



Drums, cylindrical, used in drying pulp, 45 



Drying floor for acetate of lime, 212 



— sulphite pulp, 45 



Dumesny, Paul, on wood distillation, 223 

 Durability of shingle, 368 



species used for cross ties, 293 



Dyera coslulla, 406 

 Dyes, butternut, 414 

 — , raw materials, 416 

 Dyestuff, manufacture, 414 

 Dye woods, general, 414 

 , imports, 421 



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Ebonite or hard rubber, 412 



Economic value of tanning materials, 60 



Elm, amount for boxes, 251 



— for pulp, 26 



— , fuel value, 342 

 — • hoops, 131, 132 



, weights, 138 



— , lumber, cut, 8 

 — , — value, 10 



— posts, 329 



— staves, sizes, 140 

 , weights, 137 



— used for slack cooperage, 119, 120 

 in mines, 332 



— N'cneers, use of, 107 



— , white, charcoal yield, 239 



— , — , ties, durability, 293 



Employees required in hardwood distillation 



plant, 214, 2 IS 

 Endolhea parasitica, 301 

 England, G. A., on papermaking, 58 

 Equalizer, Trevor stave bolt, 124 

 Equipment, distillation plant, cost of, 206 



— for syrup and sugar making, 391 



— in still house, cost of, 211 



— of still house, 210, 211, 212 

 tight stave mill, cost of, i5(> 



— , plant in hardwood distillation, 206 

 Equivalents, fuel value, wood and coal, 343 

 — , list of, 14, 15, 16, 17 

 — , slack cooperage, 137 



— used in tight cooperage industry, 152 

 Eucalyptus fuel wood, 340 

 European countries, waste in, 12 



— species, yield in charcoal, 238 

 Evaporators used in making maple syrup, 



390, 391, 392, 393, 394 

 Excelsior, annual consumption and wastage, 



5 

 — , baling press, 429 

 — , cost of raw material, 427 

 — , general, 424 



— machines, 428 



— machines in operation, illustration of, 



430 

 — , manufacture, 426 

 — ^, — , illustration of, 427 

 — , specifications, 425 

 — , uses of, 425 

 — , wastage, s 



— woods, qualities desired, 424 

 Exothermic process in hardwood distillation,. 



204 

 Export boxes, 260 



