The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-13
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day and an annual sales value of over $15,OOOOOO
Improved methods of turpentinlng developed 0.
the forest service resulted in Increased yields AM
less injury to timber with savings aggregatnie
100000 per year.
These few samples alone show combined annual
increases in production and decrease in waste
aggregating $30000,000. They should serve "
crystalline for you the value and importance Vi
Industrial research. Results of course cahilo,
be obtained overnight. Patience is required and
efforts are not always quickly crowned with sue
cess, but it cannot be doubted that over any rea
sonable period of years, economies resulting from
organized research greatly exceed the expense
involved that there can be no question OF us ue
STABILITY.
The lumber and wood-uslng industries represent
some of the greatest and most important manutac
turing and Industrial developments Of the country
OF the nations Industries they rank second ID
invested capital first in labor employed and sec
und In annual value of products. The forest prod
ucts laboratory is the only institution OF organ
lied research engaged upon the problems OF these
industries and those problems yet untouched ana
UNEMPLOYED are many and of farreachmg lmpor-
lance What for example OF the pOssiDlliues
which may result from the development of per-
manently durable and water-cIoof Clues or al
hesives and their application TO the use OF ma
teraI too small or too poor grade for other serv-
ice? What of their application to forest economies
through the increased value thus given TO smali
second growth materialF
What of the sulphitepu1p liquor problem involV-
ing the possibility of utilizing the % per cent OF
the wood fed into the pulp digesters ana no"
lost in the waste sulphite HquorsF what Oh the
problems of packing, boxing and Grating OF va
rious materials and commodities for shipment and
TRANSFORMATION when conservative estimates show
a possble theoretical annual saving to the cOuh
try of three hundred million dollars? what OF the
need for improvement: and the method OF Tea'
ment and handling of piling and dock timbers IL
water infested with marine borers which destroy
the pfling within Is months after placement anu
cause an annual replacement aggregating millions
of dollars in the various har0Ors of the nation
What of the waning supply OF hardwoods and thF
need for authentic knowledge of the properties
of South American and other foreign woods a!
compared to those of our own country for Whlci
they may ultimately be needed as substitutes!
slight progress and success applied to only
email ner cent of even the limited field above
SUGGESTED will result in annual savings create
+ben tbe total expenses for the entire forest prod
nets laboratory for the past ten-year period Sucl
savings of course, will not result only from re
search within the confines of the laboratory bu
will necessitate the dissemination ard application
Of these results in industrial service
The log yard shown in the photograph repro
duced herewith has probably held more specie
of wood than any other in the world Inc log
are cut by an electrical sawInill.
Another photograph shows the main bulldih
only, of the six needed to house the experimental
equipment of the laboratory.
The third photograph gives glimpse OF tn
annaratus used in making cattle food from saw
drst The sawdust is being raked out of tn
treating cylinder. Fifteen minutes cooking j
This cylinder with dilute acid under steam pres
sure converts a part of the wood into sugar an
renders the remainder digestible Feeding exper
ments are in progress and show that IN
COWS thrive on a tone-quarter saWdust ration.