Biological control of forest insects, illustrated here by virus-killed larvae of the pine sawfly, 

 promises to replace more hazardous and less permanent chemical control methods. 



ucts to expand the basis for increased utilization. However, many 

 important problems need more intensive study. Research to utilize 

 wood in unmodified forms through better engineering design and 

 fabrication techniques will contribute to increased utility. Basic 

 studies of how wood substance may be modified and converted into 

 new or improved fiber and chemical products hold great promise. 



The engineering aspects of establishing forests, tending them, and 

 harvesting crops systematically and with the benefits of mechanization 

 have received far too little research effort up to the present. Future 

 forest management efforts must be well engineered and appropriately 

 mechanized to keep costs at acceptably low levels. 



Forest Products. — Research on forest products utilization will be 

 aimed at new and improved processes and uses of wood from all the 

 various timber crops. Special attention will be paid to extending out- 

 lets for little-used species and low-quality materials. Profitable dis- 

 position of this type of forest growth is especially important to the im- 

 provement of the 257 million acres of small woodlands where lack of 

 markets is a serious obstacle to forest management. Finding new uses 

 for wood as well as improving the entire technology of wood utiliza- 

 tion will benefit many consumers and forest-land owners. It will 

 enhance the future contribution to the Nation's economy made by 



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