Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-11-12

day, and an annual sales value of over $l5, oV
Improved methods of turpentining developed py
the forest service resulted In Increased YIELDS an"
less injury to timber with net savings aggregaung
$4,0000O0 per year.. nlTia amall 10 p 1896 &,
These few samples alone show combined annuai
Increases In production and decrease in wasie
hegregating $20.0000O0. They should serve 10
crystalline for you heSvalue and Importance ~ ]
industrial Iesearch!3 Results, of course cannon
be- obtained overnight, Patience Is required ana
efforts 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 so greatly exceed the, expense
involved that there can be no question OF It's de-
STABILITY. 1T 1888. g u l * g
1.-THE lumber and wood-usng Industries represent.
some Of the greatest and most Important nanufac1
turing and Industrial developments of the country.
OF the nations industries they rank second In
invested capital, first in labor employed AND sec
ond 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 untnuchedo and
UNEMPLOYED are many and Of far-reachlng inpor-
lance. What. for example, OF the possibilities
which may result from the development of per-
manently durable and Waterproof Clues or adj
heslves and their application to the use OF ma
teral too small or poor grade for other sery
ice? What of theirnppleation TO forest economies
through the Increased value thus given to small
second-growth material ~ al $500. ~
what Of the sulphite-puip liquor problem involv-
ing the possibility Of utilizing the 90 per cent OF
the wood FED into the pulp Udgesters. and now
lost In the waste suphite lliquprsl lWheti Of the
problems OF. packing, boxing and Grating OF va
rious materfaIs and commodities for shipment and
TRANSPORTATION when conservative estimates show
a POSSIBLE theoretical annual saving to the, eoun-
try OF three hundred million dollars? What OF the
need for improvement. and the metnod or treat-
fnent and handling of piling and dock tinpers IN
= - orip vyb
the piline within IS mnnths afterSplnc cement and
cause an annual replacement aggregatihg millions
Of dollars In the various hartOrs OF the nationf
What Of the waning supply OF hardrvoods and the
need for authentic knowledge efthe- properties
of south American and other foreign woods as
compared to those of our own country for which
they may ultimately be needed as substitutes?
slight progress and success applied to only a
small per cent? of fven tllF limited field abo9e
Suggested, will srestit AZ annual3 savings greater
than the total expenses for the entire forest prod
nets laboratory fthe past teI-year period Such
savings Of course. will not result only from re
search within the confines of the laboratory. hut
will necessitate,0s dissemination faIpflp
az these results in industrial service.
The log yard Shown in the photograph repro
duced herewith (has probably held more species
Of wood than any nther-in the world The l0g
are cut by an electrical sawmill
Aunfher photograph shows the main building
only Of the six needed to house, fhA fpegiF ia
eouiplneht OF the laboratory. 80 ~
The third photograph gives glimpse of -th
apparatds used in making. e tHk fSod ftDhs adt
DUST The sawdust is being raked out Of tn
fffeen >SaiRAtes cookfnE-~r
: th,s cylinder with dilute acid under steam pres
snre converts part of the wood into sugar an
~order. tho remainder dgestble Feeding exper
ments are now in progress and show that tn
Gown thrive on : "onsquarter snwdust ration"