The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19

day. and an annual sales value of over SIS 600, OOO
Improved methods Of turpentlning developed by
the forest service resulted In increased yields and
less injury to timber with net savings aggregating
100000 per year.
These few samples alone show combined annual
Increases in production and decrease In waste
aggregating $3O,OOO0OO. They should serve to
crystalline for you the value and Importance of
Industrial research. Results, OF course cannot
be obtained overnight. Patience Is required and
efforts not always quickly crowned with sue
cess, but it cannot be doubted that over any
sonabe period of years. economies resulting from
organized research greatly exceed the expense
involved that there can be no question OF its de-
STABILITY.
The lumber and wood-uslng industries represent
some of the greatest and most important manufac-
turing and Industrial developments OF the country
OF the nations industries they rank second in
invested capital, first In labor employed, and
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 untouched and
UNEMPLOYED many and of far-reachng impor-
lance. What, for example, of the possibilities
which may result from the development Of per-
manently durable and waterproof Clues or ad
hesives and their application to the use OF ma
terial too small too poor grade for other
ice? What Of their application to forest economies
through the increased value thus given to small
second-growth material?
What of the sulphite-pup liquor problem invov-
ing the possibility Of utilizing the 55 per cent Of
the wood fed into the pulp digesters, and now
lost In the waste sulphste liquors? What OF the
problems OF packing. boxing and Grating OF
rious materials and commodities for shipment and
TRANSPORTATION when conservative estimates show
a possible theoretical annual saving to the
try Of three hundred million dollars? What Of the
need for Improvement and the method OF treat
ment and handling Of piling and dock timbers In
water infested with marine borers which destroy
the piling within IS months after placement and
cause an annual replacement aggregating millions
OF dollars in the various harbors OF the nation7
What of the waning supply Of hardwoods and the
need for authentic knowledge OF the properties
of South American and other foreign woods as
compared to those Of our own country for which
they may ultimately be needed substitutes?
Slight progress and success applied to only a
small per cent OF the limited field above
suggested, will result in annual savings greater
than the total expenses for the entire forest prod
ucts laboratory for the past ten-year period Such
savings of course, will not result only from re-
search within the confines of the laboratory but
will necesstate the dissemination and application
of these results in industrial service
The log yard shown In the photograph repro
duced herewith has probably held species
of wood than any other In the world. The logs
are cut by an electrical sawmill
Another photograph shows the main building
only of the six needed to house the experimental
equipment Of the laboratory.
The third photograph gives glimpse of the
apparatus used In making cattle food from saw
dust The sawdust is being raked out of the
treating cylinder. Fifteen minutes cooking In
this cylinder with dilute acid under steam pres
sure converts part of the wood into sugar and
renders the remainder dgestibe. Feeding expert
ments are now In progress ard show that the
COWS thrive "o1e-Quarter sawdust ration"