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Title: The Forest products laboratory : a decennial record, 1910-1920
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Weiss, Howard F Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.)
Subjects: Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.) Wood
Publisher: Madison, Wis. : Democrat printing company
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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t of those who gave the incentive to this wonderful organi-zation. The luml)ermen of the country have not been ready to acknowl-edge the usefulness of the foresters, as have been the wood-using in-dustries, on account of the work done at the laboratory. However,there has been no group of men who have more earnestly backed up theefforts of the Forest Products I^aboratory and tlie Forest Service toget the money necessary to prosecute the investigations at Madisonthan have the lumbermen, and we are going to hear some of the prob-lems of the lumber industry presented by a member of the committeeon economics of the National Fumbermens Association. It is veryuitfoi-tiiiiate that ^Ir. Scanlon who was scheduled to present thispaper has been unable to come, but the committee on arrangementswere exceedingly fortunate in getting in his stead, at the eleventhhour, a gentleman wliose wide experience amply fits him to cover thesubject very thoroughly. I take pleasure in introducing INIr. Gilchrist.
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A MIRACLE OF CHK.MISTRY—CONVEllSIOX OF SAWDUST JXTO STOCK FOOD 170 The Forest Products Laboratory SOME PROBLEMS OF THE LUMBER INDUSTRY W. A. Gilchrist J National Lumber Manufacturers^ Association Ladies and Gentlemen: This is a pleasure even though it is a substitute arrangement. Youknow Mr. Scanlan who was to speak is a prominent and successfulluml)erman and an earnest believer in this activity, and it is my regretthat he was not able to be here to present this problem in the masterfulmanner that he would. I have heard some of my friends say By all means say somethingcomplimentary about Madison. I heard yesterday our good friendMr. Weiss, speak of the bathing facilities afforded in the vicinity. Ihave tried them all and I can say that after an early morning swim inthis lake, one can undertake almost any obligation in connection withthe problem confronting us. Our industry is credited as being the largest consumer of theproducts of the forest. Our chief forester, Colonel Greeley, ma

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