ber production and utilization objectives for three main reasons: (1) 

 Ways must be found to remove and utilize at reasonable cost large 

 volumes of poor-quality timber that now occupy extensive and valu- 

 able growing space; (2) logging and mill residues and bark and wood 

 extractives, now wasted or little, used, must be used more extensively to 

 increase processing efficiency and the income from forest products ; and 

 (3) ways must be found to realize the full potential of wood as a 

 versatile raw material base for industries that will expand markets 

 for timber and create industrial employment opportunities, especially 

 in rural areas. Much valuable research has been done in forest prod- 



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Through use of model fires, physicists gain a knowledge of the principles of fire behavior, 

 leading to improved methods for the control of disastrous wildfires and for the proper use 

 of fire as a tool in forest management. 



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