Sept. 26, 1908.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
5 T9 
( USES OF SAWDUST. 
Five hundred manufacturers of explosives, 
pulp wood and similar products, have been 
asked by the National Conservation Cornmis- 
H sion for information as to all possible uses of 
sawdust. From this it will be seen the commis¬ 
sion is going into fine details in its inventory 
of the natural resources of the country. Seven 
thousand lumbermen have been asked for their 
1 opinion as to the waste of lumber in saw mills, 
and more than two thousand lumber dealers 
i and cooperage, veneer, furniture, box, vehicle 
, and implement manufacturers have been asked 
to point out striking features of waste in their 
j respective lines. Yet all this is only one part 
of the general scheme of hunting down waste 
which the commission is following in making 
its inventory. It is going after the little wastes 
here and there, which, added together, and put 
into dollars and cents, make an astonishing 
total. 
For instance, take the making of veneer. At 
first blush it may not seem worthy of considera¬ 
tion with the manufacture of other products 
mentioned. Yet, the scarcity of the more at¬ 
tractive finishing woods in the last few years 
has led to the annual production of over 1,100,- 
; 000,000 square feet of veneer. This, of course, 
has been made possible only by the introduction 
of new veneer-making machinery. 
The use of veneer is generally regarded as 
exemplifying the scarcity of the finer woods and 
1 typifying the complete utilization of various 
■' kinds of woods, yet, from one of the schedules 
of the National Conservation Commission it is 
evident that the commission expects to discover 
great waste even in veneer manufacture. 
Though the word veneer carries many mean¬ 
ings, from a glaze applied to pottery to the 
“polish” of a man of the world, it is most com¬ 
monly employed as the name for the thin slices 
; of wood now extensively used in the manu- 
[ facture of all sorts of articles of use, such as 
wood plates, baskets, and the exterior finish 
of furniture and wood work. The manufacture 
of veneer in the last few years has advanced by 
leaps and bounds. 
The best veneer is sawed, but a great deal is 
sliced, and still more is “rotary cut.” By the 
last named process logs of the desired wood are 
steamed until they are soft and then fixed in a 
lathe-like machine, in which they are turned 
against a wood knife. As the log rotates 
against the knife, veneer of the desired thick- 
5 ness is peeled off in a continuous slice, as if 
you should pare an apple, going deeper and 
deeper at each complete turn, until nothing is 
left but the core. The center of the log left 
after the veneer is cut is also called a “core.” 
The woods principally used for making veneer 
j: are red gum, maple and yellow poplar, which 
together yield more than half of the total pro- 
i duct. Red gum is largely used for baskets and 
f maple for furniture. More valuable than these, 
however, are white oak and walnut veneer. 
Beech, which can be cut very thin, is used very 
largely for wooden plates. A number of other 
kinds of woods 'are used. 
A good deal of waste occurs in the manu- 
[ facture of veneer. It is always a problem, for 
!■ instance, what use to make of the cores left 
j, ny the rotary process. In many cases these are 
used for pulp wood, pillars, or panel headings, 
and they are largely used also for fuel, excelsior, 
crates, boxes and baskets. 
1 . In Ike schedule of inquiries which the Na- 
l tional Conservation Commission, through the 
j Forest Service, is sending out, several ques- 
| tions are aimed to secure information as to 
the amount of waste in veneer manufacture and 
the possibilities of finding ways to utilize it. 
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