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M-100877-F 



Electron microscope enables Forest Products Laboratory scientists to probe secrets of 

 and may lead to new knowledge of potentialities of lignin as a raw material for i 



wood cells 

 ndustry. 



praisals of the outlook for timber demands, provide bases for forest 

 policies and programs of Federal, State, and private agencies and for 

 plant locations and timber supply situations of direct concern to 

 forest industries. 



The Forest Survey program proposed will provide for reinventories 

 of forest resources in each State at intervals of 8 to 10 years, depend- 

 ing upon the rate of change in forest conditions and wood supply. 

 It includes analyses of timber supply situations in each important 

 timber type and pei-iodic comprehensive analyses of timber supplies 

 and demands for the Nation as a whole. The program proposals are: 



1. Acceleration and intensification of the Forest Survey to provide 

 current appraisals of the Nation's timber supplies, information 

 on opportunities for forest industrial development, and a basis 

 for determining the public and private forestry measures re- 

 quired to meet rising needs for timber products. 



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