UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULAR NO. 39 
WASHINGTON, D. C. APRIL, 1925 
REPORT OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON 
UTILIZATION OF FOREST PRODUCTS 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Doreword SER 1 
Forest thrift. President Coolidge ————————_________ tte 2 
ms purpose of the conference. Secretary of Agriculture Howard M. 
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Remarks by Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover__________________ rf 
Industrial cooperation. Assistant Secretary of Commerce J. Walter 
DPE nd i rte ome 7 
The problem of timber waste. William B. Greeley ____________ 10 
Waste in industry and methods of combating it. ©. H. MacDowell____ 1 
The road to better utilization. John W. Blodgett______________________ : 
Utilization of little-used species. H. Oldenburg _____________________ 4 
Close utilization in New England. R. T. Fisher______________________ 24 
Close utilization as a factor in permanency of forest industry. A. C. 
GOO OE a nn me oo erm in oa or 
Logging and mill losses in the Pacific Coast States. RB. W. Vinnedge___ 29 
Reducing lumber seasoning losses. Charles S. Keitho_________________ 37 
Small sawmill waste and a remedy. James H. Allen__________________ 4: 
Waste problems in southern hardwoods. M. W. Stark_________________ 4. 
Close utilization in Lake States hardwoods. W. L. Saunders___________ 4: 
Avoiding waste by dimension stock. Edward HineS___________________ 47 
Dimension stock from the standpoint of the consumer, R. BH. Brown___ 50 
Better design of containers as a means of saving lumber. C. Fred 
XBR iris oii soo rr Ere bt SAS ET Ey 52 
Better utilization of lumber in buildings. John M. Gries. ___________.. 55 
Better utilization through better machinery. H. C. Atkins____________ 5) 
The railways and wood preservation. R. H. Aigshton_____________. ns 
Preventing decay losses in pulp and paper manufacture. D. C. Everest_ ©? 
Renort: adopted’ hy. conferenvesilt cic. comme oon men aii Sl a 0 
Participating organizations: S00 Soil 0 an Laan plate a an To 
Dolovates io ri rr re ei i er TR NU TEE 76 
Wood waste prevention: A digest of the problem before the National 
Conference on Utilization of Forest Products. Rolf Thelen__________ 83 
FOREWORD 
. The National Conference on Utilization of Forest Products met 
in Washington, D. C., on November 19 and 20, 1924. It was called 
by the late Secretary of Agriculture, Henry C. Wallace, for the