Bui. 1298, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate XI 
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Mils 
Fig. 1. — Ground-wood pulp stored in a wood yard on low swampy ground supporting a dense 
growth of grass and weeds. Sawmill slabs are used for a base. This is extremely poor prac- 
tice. Conditions probably could not be worse for decay at the bottom of the piles 
Fig. 2.— Pile of ground-wood pulp on swampy ground. Note the surface water all about the 
pile. This yard should have been drained and surfaced with cinders before use for storage 
purposes 
Fig. 3.— Fibers of sound ground-wood pulp 
Fig. 4.— Fibers of decayed ground-wood pulp. Note how the fibers have been broken up into 
short fragments through the action of wood-destroying fungi 
