FOREST SERVICE PUBLICATIONS Questions relating to the quantity, kind, and distribution of the timber supply of the United States, to the annual output of lumber and other forest products, to forest planting, to forest management, and to the National Forests, should be directed to the United States Forest Service, Washington, D. C. Such inquiries always receive prompt and courteous attention. Moreover, the following publications of special interest to the users of forest products can be obtained from the Government Printing Office at the nominal price mentioned.
Remittance should be made to the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., by postal money order, express order, or New York draft. If currency is sent, it will be at sender's risk.
Postage stamps, foreign money, uncertified checks, defaced or smooth coins, will positively not be accepted.
Forest Service Bulletins No.
10. Timber. Elementary discussion of characteristics and properties of wood. 10c.
13. Timber Pines of Southern United States. With discussion of structure of their wood. 50c.
17. Check List of Forest Trees of the United States, their Names and Ranges. 15c. 33. Western Hemlock. 30c.
36. Woodsman's Handbook. 25c.
37. Hardy Catalpa. 1, Hardy catalpa in commercial plantations; 2, Diseases of hardy catalpa. 40c.
40. New Method of Turpentine Orcharding. 20c.
41. Seasoning of Timber. 25c.
42. Woodlots. Handbook for owners of woodlands in southern New England. 15c.
50. Cross-Tie Forms and Rail Fastenings. With special reference to treated timbers. 15c.
58. Red Gum. With discussion of mechanical properties of red gum wood. 15c.
64. Loblolly Pine in Eastern Texas. With special reference to production of cross-ties. 5c.
70. Effect of Moisture upon Strength and Stiffness of Wood. 15c.
73. Grades and Amount of Lumber Sawed from Yellow Poplar, Yellow Birch, Sugar Maple, and Beech. 10c.
75. California Tanbark Oak. 15c.
78. Wood Preservation in the United States. 10c.
80. Commercial Hickories. 15c.
81. Forests of Alaska. 25c.
82. Protection of Forests from Fire. 15c.
83. Forest Resources of the World. 10c.
84. Preservative Treatment of Poles. 15c.
88. Properties and Uses of Douglas Fir. 15c.
95. Uses of Commercial Woods of the United States.
Part I-Cedars, Cypresses, and Sequoias. 10c. 99. Uses of commercial woods of United States. Part II-Pines. 15c.
104. Principles of Drying Lumber at Atmospheric Pressure. With humidity diagram. 5c.
105. Wood Turpentines. 15c.
106. Wood-Using Industries and National Forests of Arkansas. 5c.
107. Preservation of Mine Timbers. 10c.
108. Tests of Structural Timbers. 20c.
115. Mechanical Properties of Western Hemlock. 15c.
116. Possibilities of Western Pines as Sources of Naval Stores. 10e.
117. Forest Fires. 10c.
118. Prolonging Life of Cross-Ties. 15c.
122. Mechanical Properties of Western Larch. 10c.
126. Experiments in Preservative Treatment of Red-Oak and Hard-Maple Cross-Ties. 20c.
Forest Service Circulars No.
36. Forest Service, What It Is, and How It Deals with Forest Problems. 5e.
40. Utilization of Tupelo. 5e.
46. Holding Force of Railroad Spikes in Wooden Ties. 5c.
102. Production of Red Cedar for Pencil Wood. 5c. 111. Prolonging Life of Mine Timbers. 5c.
132. Seasoning and Preservative Treatment of Hemlock and Tamarack Cross-Ties. 5c.
136. Seasoning and Preservative Treatment of Arbor Vitae Poles. 5c.
140. What Forestry Has Done. 5c.
141. Wood Paving in the United States. 5c.
142. Tests of Vehicle and Implement Woods. 5c.
146. Experiments with Railway Cross-Ties. 5c.
147. Progress in Chestnut Pole Preservation. 5e.
151. Preservative Treatment of Loblolly Pine CrossArms. 5c.
164. Properties and Uses of Southern Pines. 5c.
166. Timber Supply of the United States. 5c.
177. Wooden and Fiber Boxes. 5c.
179. Utilization of California Eucalyptus. 5c.
187. Manufacture and Utilization of Hickory. 5c.
189. Strength Values for Structural Timbers. 5c.
192. Prevention of Sap Stain in Lumber. 5c.
193. Mechanical Properties of Redwood. 5c.
194. Progress Report on Wood-Paving Experiments in Minneapolis. 5e.
200. Absorption of Creosote by Cell Walls of Wood. Forest Products Laboratory Series. 5c.
206. Commercial Creosotes. With special reference to protection of wood from decay. Forest Products Laboratory Series. 10e.
210. Yield and Returns of Blue Gum, Eucalyptus, in California. 5c.
211. Greenheart. 5e.
212. Circassian Walnut. 5c.
213. Mechanical Properties of Woods Grown in the United States. Forest Products Laboratory Series. 5c.
214. Tests of Packing Boxes of Various Forms. Forest Products Laboratory Series. 5c.
There is no reason why any person who intends to use wood for any purpose may not learn promptly and authoritatively the best wood to use, and where to get it, if he will take the trouble to address a letter to either the United States Forest Service or to the lumber associations mentioned in this book.