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Laboratory utility building o£ plywood with glued arches, the first structure o£ this type 



in the United States. 



cal properties of the hundreds of Ameri- 

 can wood species and their variations 

 of quality within the stand and in the 

 tree itself. Research must aid in solv- 

 ing many difficult problems — how to 

 utilize more efficiently the small-sized 

 and second-growth trees which will 

 form the bulk of our future forests; 

 how to secure useful service from the 

 many wood species that are now used 

 little if at all; how to turn to economic 

 account the large wastes that occur in 

 the conversion of trees into commodi- 

 ties; how to secure greater service and 

 economy from wood through selection 

 of material, control and modification of 

 its properties, improvement of treating 

 processes, and the development of new 

 and better methods of wood fabrication 

 and conversion. 



ceptance of the offer of the University 

 of Wisconsin to provide a building with 

 necessary light, heat, and power serv- 

 ices. This arrangement made possible 

 the coordination and systematic de- 

 velopment of Forest Service research 

 activities that had previously been car- 

 ried on in a number of small labora- 

 tories in various parts of the country. 

 A cooperative relationship between the 

 Laboratory and the University of 

 Wisconsin was thus begun which has 

 continued to the present, assuring 

 collaboration in scientific matters and 

 interchange of research facilities for staff 

 and graduate students. The original 

 building was occupied by the Labora- 

 tory for 20 years, and additional tem- 

 porary quarters were provided by the 

 university as increasing work required. 



Cooperation 

 with University 



The Forest Products Laboratory was 

 established by the Forest Service in 

 Madison, Wis., in 1910, following ac- 



Present building A 



In 1930 the long-felt need of adequate 

 permanent quarters for the Laboratory 

 was recognized by Congress and con- 

 struction funds were granted. The 



