The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13
furnishes excellent means Of obtaining rabbits for the table, or
even for market - u ta ~ if
By-products ofthe Lumber Industry.

WASTE in the logging industry in the United States amounts
to fifteen or twenty per cent of the timber cut or about mon
half cubic feet wood annually Sawmi waste also
amounts to billion cubic feet Of wood although not oil OF
it is absolute waste bulletin the subject OF lumber BY
products Just issued by the bureau of foreign and
merce United States Department of Commerce. makes the clam
that only 800 feet of lumber used for each OO0 feet
in the forest.
It was the pr6digous waste of American forest that
led The bureau of foreign and domestic commerce to plan THOR
ough study of the methods Of utilizing the waste products ne
lumber industry here in the United States and in those
countries that have made the most distinct progress IN TINS me
In the older and thckB settled countries of the old Word
necessity led careful utilization Of the forests many years
before the subject seriously discussed in this country AND
in these older countries many methods have been worried ou @
should be of value in this country now that the old time Waelu
methods been brought into srepnte The an wv was sa nave
earned experience Of the older countries -,
Unfortunately the upset the plan completely and there
no immediate prospect of making the proposed investigation
But as the bureau had already engaged Professor H. H. benson
we'll known authority the subject was decided to go ahead
and make study Of the industry in this country The bulletin
Just issued is the result of this study 1t gives definite idea
Of how far the manufacture of lumber byproducts has oee de
veloped in this country how far it may reasonably be expected
develop in the future and lust what some OIL he pfo~e
are that confront the industry.
The is complete review of the wood diSl!aton industries
the manufacture of tsnnn extract the manufacture OF the various
kinds of wood pulp used in the paper industry the product OF
yel alcohol from sawdus the manufacture OF producer gas
industries carried outlined and in cases where an IN
dusty is not prospeng discussion OF the causes Tor %
condition given Import and export statistics are included Wnen
available. EE
The annual production wood pulp in the United States is
valued at over sSoooooOo suphe pulp makers are consider
ably interested in the possible utilization of the suphe waste
liquor for the recovery of sulphur other profitable utilization
This would result lowering of the cost of phite pulp The
manufacture kraft pulp also becoming well established and
is bringing about the utilization of cheaper wood
The utilization of wood for the minor processes described IN
this report extensive The manufacture of alcohol from
awus has hardly passed the experimental stage although tech
meal men are optimistic the ultimate success of the pro-
One of the most interesting possibilities lies in the use OF
hydroyzed sawdus carbohydrate cattle food Inc use OF
wood for producer gas deserves extended Introduction in IN
dustry is not prospecting discussion of the for such
nveoped in secrecy and like the manufacture of wood -four
has apparently been developed much greater extent in Euros
pan countries.
The new bulletin is entitled Products Of the Lumber In
dusry Special Agents Series No no. and sold at ten cents
COPY by the superintendent of documents government printing
Office Washington and also by the district offices of the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce