INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE--CONTINUED. 
3239. TILLER, W. E. What the tie industry needs 
from the railroads. Cross Tie B. 29(9):17-18. Sept.i948. 
99.82 C87 
How improved marketing practices and organization of 
requirements would stabilize the tie industry. Advocates 
that the Association of American Railroads act as a pool 
for facts on supplies and requirements. 
3240. TOWNER, M. E. Crossties needed in quantity 
and quality in 1943. Wood Preserv. News 26:27-29, 38. 
Mar.1948. 300.8 W853 
3241. TURLEY, C. D. Future timber supply for ties; 
problem and how to meet it. Cross Tie B. 30(4):16,18, 
22,37. Apr.1949, 99.82 C87 
3242. U. S. BUR. OF THE CENSUS. Oak leads in 
sawed tie production for 1947. Cross Tie B. 31(7):9-i1, 
16-17. July 1950. 99.82 C87 
Table of regional and Siate production by species, from 
the Census of Manufactures. The first census report on 
crosstie production since 1932. 
3243, U. S. FOREST SERV. NORTHERN ROCKY 
MOUNTAIN FOREST AND RANGE EXPERIMENT 
STATION. Sawed and hewn cross tie production in Mon- 
tana. Cross Tie B. 32(2):26. Feb.1951. 99.82 C87 
Statistics for 1925-47, 
3244, VAN METRE, R. The last fifty years and the 
next in the cross tie industry. Cross Tie B. 31(10):12,14, 
16,18,20. Oct.1950. 99.82 C87 
POLES, PILING, AND POSTS 
3245. ANDERSON, I. V. Pole-timber supplies of the 
northern and far western States and a look at production 
problems. Amer.-Wood-Preservers' Assoc. Proc. 44: 
359-368. 1948. 300.9 Am3 
Also in Wood Preserv. News 26:53-57,65. May 1948. 
300.8 W853 j 
Species suitable for poles; amount of pole stumpage; 
stumpage supplies and production trends; stabilizing the 
future pole supply; production problems; accessibility of 
timber; timber estimates; pole-yard inventories; season- 
ing problems and other considerations; manpower. 
3246. ANDERSON, I. V. Trends in the utilization of 
pole species and their effect on forest management. Soc. 
Amer. Foresters Proc. 1947:128-140. 1948. 99.9 So13 
The supply of pole timber, and production trends, with 
their management implications. Tabular information 
presents amount and species of poles on the stump, pro- 
duction 1927-46 as indicated by poles treated, number of 
poles treated 1909-46, and percent of drain on certain 
operations. 
3247. COLLEARY, M. J. The preservative treatment 
of fence-posts by non-pressure processes. Canada Dept. 
Nat. Resources & Devlpmt. Forestry Br. B. 107,28 p. 
1952. 99.9 C16B 
Tabulates increased service life of treated posts; 
factors affecting costs of treated posts; and discusses the 
economics of post preservation. 
3248. DICKERMAN, M. B. Transmission poles; 
volume, location, and character of production. Spokane 
Chamber Com. Wood Prod. Clinic Proc. 3:65-67. 1948. 
99.9 Sp6 
3249. HORN, A. G. Minnesota leads Lake States in 
1947 pole production. U.S. Forest Serv. Lake States 
Forest Expt. Sta. Tech. Note 309,1 p. Jan.1949. 
1.9 F7625T 
3250. MCNAIR, J. W. Wood poles in the national 
economy. Standardization 21:119,135. May 1950. 
297.8 In22 
Consumption statistics, and history of standardization 
activities by the American Standards Association. 
3251. MAISENHELDER, L. C., and MCKNIGHT, J. S. 
Fences for bottomland farms in the Delta. Miss. Farm 
Res. [Miss. Sta.] 14(5):3-5. May 1951. 100 M69Mi__— 
Includes costs of treating posts, and of fence building. 
3252. NEETZEL, J. R., and ENGENE, S. A. ‘What do 
fence posts cost on an annual basis? St. Paul,U. S. 
Forest Serv. Lake States Forest Expt. Sta.,1950. 3 p. 
1.9622 L2W55 
Also issued as U.S. Forest Serv. Lake States Forest 
Expt. Sta. Tech. Note 341,2 p. Oct.1950. 1.9 F7625T 
University of Minnesota Divisions of Agricultural 
Engineering and Agricultural Economics, cooperating. 
Further by J. R. Neetzel, Cost of setting fence posts in 
Minnesota, U. S. Forest Serv. Lake States Forest Expt. 
Sta. Tech. Note 350,1 p. Jan.1951. 1.9 F7625T 
3253. QUIGLEY, K. L., and CLARK, F. B, Fence 
posts, a potential market for Missouri pine timber. 
Jefferson City ?Mo. Div. Resources & Devlpmt.,1951. 
9p. 1 F76Fe 
INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE--CONTINUED. 
U. S. Forest Service Central States Forest Experiment 
Station, cooperating. 
3254. U. S. FOREST SERV. NORTHERN ROCKY 
MOUNTAIN FOREST AND RANGE EXPERIMENT 
STATION. Pole production. U.S. Forest Serv. North. 
Rocky Mountain Forest & Range Expt. Sta. Res. Notes, 
ov. Apr.1948-Oct.1952. 1.9622 N3R31 
Rocky Mountain Pole and Treating Association, 
cooperating. 
1947 statistics, Pole production continued upward in 
1947, by B. M. Huey. -Res. Note 62,3 p. Apr.1948; Pole 
production down in 1948, by M. B. Dickerman. Res. Note 
74,2 p. May 1949; 1949 statistics, Res. Note 83,2 p. 
May 1950; 1950 statistics, by J. H. Wikstrom, Res. Note 
101,3 p. June 1951; 1951 statistics, by H. W. Camp, Res. 
Note 112,3 p. Oct.1952. 
3255. U. S. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMIN. 
Summary REA pole inspections. Washington,1949. 1 p. 
1.933 Su62 
Includes species and preservation statistics for 
numbers inspected. 
3256. VAUGHAN, J. A. Problems in supply and manu- 
facture of southern pine poles. J. Forestry 50:362-364. 
May 1952. 99.8 F768 B 
Includes problems of marketing stumpage, cutting, and 
preserving which affect the utilization of southern-pine 
poles. 
3257. VOGEL, F. H. Poles & piling. Forest Farmer 
10:10. Oct.1950. 99.8 F7692 
Chiefly marketing. 
3258. WALTERS, C. S., and FOX, H. W. Hand-peeling 
fence posts compared to mechanical peeling. South. 
Lumberman 183(2292):46,50,52-54. Ref. Oct.1,1951. 
99.81 So82 
Cost and efficiency study conducted by the Illinois 
Agricultural Experiment Station. 
3259. WHEELER, D. E. The loss in value of poles 
owing to turpentining. Gainesville, Fla.,1950. 42 p. Ref. 
Thesis (M.S.F.) - University of Florida. 
Calculates the value loss in the product and in stumpage, 
comparing turpentined poles with round poles. Based on 
data collected in Florida and Georgia. 
3260. WHEELER, S. A. Red pine as highway guard 
posts. Soc. Amer. Foresters N. Y. Sect. N. Y. Forester 
8(2):11-12. May 1951. 99.9 Sol3N 
Includes costs of treating and utilizing this species. 
MINE TIMBERS 
3261. ALLEN, J. W. Split Douglas fir mine lagging. 
Lumberman 76(11):16,80. Nov.1949. 99.81 W52 
Includes brief survey of the existing market,and con- 
sumption of lagging in Washington. 
3262. BONEBRAKE, D. B. Utilization of low grade 
timber in southern West Virginia, Pocahontas bituminous 
coal fields. Forest Leaves 38(2):8-10. Mar./Apr.1948. 
99.8 F763 
Includes the local mine-timber resource, management 
problems, and depletion of stands. 
3263. HORN, A. G. Lake States mines use large 
quantity of wood. U.S. Forest Serv. Lake States Forest 
Expt. Sta. Tech. Note 313,1 p. Apr.1949. 1.9 F7625T 
3264. HUEY, B. M. Relation between the consumption 
of round timber and the production of ore in the metal 
mines of the northern Rockies. U.S. Forest Serv. North. 
Rocky Mountain Forest & Range Expt. Sta. Res. Note 94, 
3p. Mar.1951. 1.9622 N3R31 
3265. HUFFMAN, J. E. Treated timber in the coal 
mining industry--its application and economic justifica- 
tion. J. Forestry 48:325-328. May 1950. 99.8 F768 
3266. OSBORN, R. M. Cost of producing mine props. 
U. S. Forest Serv. South. Forest Expt. Sta. Occas. Paper 
124,22 p. Oct.1951. 1.9 F76240 
A study of the economics of producing hardwood and 
pine mine timbers, conducted by the station's Birming- 
ham Branch. 
3267. MAY, R. H. Forest products used in mines in 
California and Nevada, 1950. U.S. Forest Serv. Calif. 
Forest & Range Expt. Sta. Forest Survey Release 15,8 p. 
Nov.1952. 1.9 F7626F 
3268. WALTERS, C.S., and KULP, D. A. Hardwood 
requirements of the Illinois coal-mining industry for 
1948. Urbana,Ill. Agr. Expt. Sta. Dept. Forestry,1950. 
12 p. Ref. 100 IL¢H 
Supersedes Ill. Agr. Expt. Sta. Forestry Note 9. 
99.9 IL62 
Includes volume used and types of products. 
