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| Charcoal, as everyone knows, is es-
sential for the manufacture OF black
powder. All of the acetone used as
a solvent in making nitrocellulose 5
| derived from acetic acid, produc II
of hardwood distillation Great Brit
ain, it is said, is dependent upon the
United States for acetone used in
making cordte. Black walnut is a
standard for gunstocks, and has
been SO much in demand for the past
two years that our supply of this
valuable wood has been considerably
reduced and other woods, notably
birch are being subs tituted. From
Europe comes the complaint that
there is shortage of willow for
making wooden legs.
Pure wood alcohol is the only SUB
stance which can be converted conf
mercially into formaldehyde, which
is universally used for disinfection
against such contagious diseases as
smallpox, scarlet fever, and tubercsi-
losis. The experts at the forest pro-
ducts laboratory have conducted ex-
tefsive experiments on the produc-
ton of grain Or ethyl alcohol from
wood and have been successful in
experimental work in raising tle
yield and lowering the cost of pro-
duction. If this process can be pat
on commercial basis, the foresters
say, it will result in putting the NIL
lions of tons of coniferous sawdust
and other material which is nov
wasted every year to profitable
use.
By converting cellulose, one Of the
elements of wood, into a gelatinous
material, known as viscose, a wide
field is opened up Tor the utiliza-
ton of wood waste, AMI new line OF
products, varying all the way from
sausage castings to tapestry, is add
ed to the already lengthy list Many
of the so-called silk socks, neckti:5
and fancy braids now on the market
contain artificial silk made from
wood
About nine tenths Of all the paper
which we use is made from wood.
Besides the detailed Investigations
of the methods of making newsprlnt
paper, and Of the production OF pa
per from woods hitherto unused for
that purose. which have been con-
Quoted, kraft paper. which compares
favorably with the best on the market,
has,-been produced exDerimentally at
the Forest Products laboratory from
kong Leaf, pine .millzWaste. This kraTt
paper is brown in color and is very
much stronger than ordinary papers.
1t is used for variety OF purposes,
and, cut into strips, is spun or twist
ed into thread which is then woven
into onion and coffee bags, mattinS'
suitcases and wall covering, similar
to burlap, and furniture closely re-
sembling that made from reeds, IS
well as other articles of common use.
Within the past year the Forest
laboratory has. by co-opera'-
ing with manufacturers, succeeded
in getting dive made from mill waste
of Usage orange put on the market
as a substitute for fustic, which we
import from Jamaica and Tehuante-
pee. r
These are only few examples OF
the various lines of work carried on
at the Forest Products laboratory,
say the men in charge. Other actlVl-
ties, ranging all the way from the
study of decay in wood to that OF the
resistance of wood to fire, are IN
progress. and new discoveries are
constantly being made. Incidentally
the Forest Products laboratory, at
Madison. wisconsin, was the first OF
it's kind in the world and is propaply
still the best equipped. With the
nossible exception of Germany, no
other country has done as much as
the United States Systematically 70
investigate the possibilities OF its 1oe-
Lest resources.