Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-03-11
state Topics of Interest
MEANS MUCH TO STATE.
Forestry Station VIII Benefit Paper,

Forestry Station VIII Benefit Paper,
Lumber and Other interests.
The announcement of the decision
of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to
locate the experimental laboratory
station of the United States forest
service ct the University of Wisconsin
was received with great satisfaction
by the university authorities and 9TH
ers interested The practical value OF
the work of the laboratory to the lum-
Der, paper, tannery and furniture in
terests of the state makes the loca-
ton of the laboratory at the universe
ty even more significant than the adj
vantages which will accrue to the in
stitution through the opportunity
which will be given students and in
structors in research and instruction
al work in forestry.
In accordance with the offer of the
regents, a building constructed from
the plans of the forest service will be
erected at the earliest possible date
at point ON the university campus
convenient to the colleges of agricul-
ture and engineering and with ade-
uuate sidetrack facilities for handling
the materials to be tested.
The proposal made by the forest
service is to equip the laboratory at a
cost of $4,000 and to provide the en-
tire staff Of investigators, whose sala-
ries will aggregate $4,000 year.
1t is proposed to concentrate all ex-
perimental work in forestry carried
on by the United States government
east of the Rocky mountains at the
station here.
The work Of the laboratory is to in
clude tests of various kinds Of wood
for the manufacture of pulp for paper,
for their strength for building mate
rial, as we'll as for various other pur-
poses. Wood distillation to determine
the best methods of securing turpen-
tine, alcohol and resin from wood
waste is also to be carried on on a
large scale.
'"The location of the United States
forest service laboratory at the uni
versity means much to the State Of
Wisconsin and to all the varied inter-
ests the success of which depends
upon the effective utilization of forest
products" said President Charles R..
Van Hise of the University of Wis
consin when shown the newspaper
dispatch announcing Secretary VIII
sons decision.
''In view of the fact that large
part of Wisconsin is still covered
with forests and that considerable
portion of this state is permanently
better adapted to forestry than to any
other purpose, the work of the labora.
tory should have direct practical re-
lation to the manufacturing develop
ment of this state.
THE establishing of the forestry
laboratory at the university completes
the provision which has been made at
Wisconsin for the investigation Of the
most effective means Of utilizing our
natural resources. Our colleges of az.
riculture, engineering and letters and
science have been undertaking to
solve the problem of our agricultural
and mineral resources. The utiliza-
ton of our forest products is the
only important field of investigation
which the university has not been
able to undertake hitherto because of
a lack of funds.
"The forestry station at Madison
will provide at once for the investiga-
tive side of the utilization of forest
products which concerns directly the
paper, tanning, lumber and furniture
interests both of Wisconsin and of the
whole lake state forest belt. 1t will
thus be possible to do what the uni
versity would have been glad to do
had money been available.
"A course for forest rangers will
be provided by the university as soon
as funds become available for this
purpose. The addition of this instruc-
ton in forestry puts the university in
the same relation to forestry that it
has occupied in regard to agriculture,
engineering, etc.