Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-12
VIEWS AND NEAR-VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
The Shccp-Isnising Problem In Virginia
Ak to Utilizing Waste Wood.
The Art 0f saving

| ''''oH OF Nool Manufacturers, in
writing letter To- Agricultural and
Industrial Department Of the Norfolk
and Western Railway. calls attention
10 the declin" in the growing of sheep
| IN the North and West and to the
| profits TO be made in the business both
| IN the matter OF inca, and wool. and
| he then writes:
is II not possible for YOU to in
ciude sheep growing in amy effort Of
yours loolkin. to the Industrial dc.
N"lopihent OF Tho region through which
your INES run? sheep and wool now
hr!n& higher prices than ever before
conditions arc propitiouS for Il great
expansion OF the Industry, which can
be carried on more acknowledgements in
some states than in others. but can
be conducted i'll amy part Of the United
states
In Enclosing that letter ia mn.
liincS- Dispatch. Mr.. la Eaume Of the
Norfolk and Western. writes.
Here III the South our farmers have
perhaps not given the matter Of sheen
raising IN" attention il really merits
ihe prevalence Of predatory. nalr-rcd
dogs * the greatest menace Tint ibn
Shccp grower in the South has to con-
tend with. The prices of wool and
mutton have advanced so rapidly in
the last few years that tic business
OF sheep raising offers better oppor
,"'',t'S Tor revenue IMAM ever hereto
fore
Now. here are hints tha, are hi,,s
o'' from waste wood secured in The
wood distillaticu Industry. MAY soon
come mt" composition with many coal
.ar products new III use. In co-opera-
non with The bureau OF Mines The
Forest Products Laboratory RECENTLY
competed Il number Of tests ut Salt
lake Guy 10 determine the value Of
certain wood oils for the Notation nrn-
cess. Excellent results were obtained
ana IL appears very probable that these
opS VIII be placed on the market IN
competition with many coal-tar prod-
uci$ now III general use. some az ,b.sc
WOOD products, which at present have
practically no market value. VIII he
come = source Of revenue to the wood
diS;iilins industry.
IN producing paper pulp from lour-
leaf PIN. timber II quantity Of ,urnn,,-
'h" IS driven from the wood This
'ufpchtinc is adultcrated TO sucb "a,
extent that II is usually of little or no
v'''''li%reial value Recently. however,
:. i'c..ou mas been developed by tho
laboratory whereby Sulphate iurncn-
tiHc from southern pin. can l,c n,,ri
ne" ana made rs acceptable IN con
s"herS as gum turpcutiuc TnsiS or
ne process ON a commercial scale viii
w '''dc very soon III one 81 tn. iar...
II.
some sweet day somehow. i'm vi,ci,;,
IS going TO find a way 10 mako ,1rn,,
'ahie use OF tn. waste wood froa, ~
Thousand and one Virginia sawmiiis
ana Woodworking cStahli@hm,r,
aariouS Kinds II may he iha; The
ScarchcrS after The game can n,1 .
h'"' or Two IN tho few lines above.
FRANK Green, Of Atlanta wri,i,p
''e manufacturers Record. deplorcS
'n' lae' that the banks (or George,
presumably do not teach mo 49,, -.
~ ihe ana thrift. and do NOT so al.
NcfiiSe III Il way 10 cucourar. thnva
sou 'h',lSs III the younger people who
nre hakins some money now and ma,
lie SAYS: '"e"'
would like very much to SOC -.
"""NS make Il united effort 10 impr.ss
"poh 'he younger people the v;lI,c of
' ''s siSont SAVING on the 'you-can-liye
"ii-!cSs IMAM you-spcnd plan' J., t
Whcn one shows II TO another To
see mat il 10 per cent of incn,n. -
saved 'hat (, will II, n.cnssor, -
M"tN "h!N 20 per cent of the rim, ~,
tfercabout." va
Mr.. Green were Ia spcud ), ,,.
days in Richmond he wn,iId MA , ,,,S,
'nh' some 9f the leading banks az ~
city are doing that verv thin,, , ,n:,
""ihS IL TO perfection. However ,h.rn
arc some banks. even i'm ki,bn,nna ~,
4 great many Of them throurro,, w.;
Einia, which have moi We, nrn,,i,.o, ~,
-. ~ would pay every bank III III,
state, and in the south "a sud-, ~
'Vt upon this suggestion.