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Tracing one family's settler generations to the American West, an epic narrative spans decades and continents. From the establishment of Kirtland, Ohio, to the mass wagon and handcart migration over the Mormon Trail, to the formidable challenges of settling the Utah Territory, Alan and Janet Clark's ancestral stories fill in the landscape between the founding years of Church history through the early settlement of the Mountain West. Th...

Excerpt from Forest Products of the United States, 1905The annual yield of the forests of the United States reaches huge proportions, and familiar as all are with the use Of wood for every purpose and in every industry, it is only when the attempt is made properly to estimate the various items that there is a full realization of the important place the forests fill in the national economy. A rough estimate of the quantity and value of the pres...

Excerpt from Forest Products of the United States, 1905The annual yield of the forests of the United States reaches huge proportions, and familiar as all are with the use Of wood for every purpose and in every industry, it is only when the attempt is made properly to estimate the various items that there is a full realization of the important place the forests fill in the national economy. A rough estimate of the quantity and value of the pres...

Excerpt from Lumber and Its UsesIn addition to the cells whose length is paral lel to the trunk of the tree, wood also contains other layers of cells of a different character whose length is at right angles to the trunk of the tree. These cells occur in thin sheets radiat ing from the bark toward the pith, and form what are called the pith rays or medullary rays of wood. They are best seen on a quartered section, and are what gives the beautif...

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Excerpt from The Timber Supply of the United StatesThe total quantity of wood cut to obtain the products listed in the table was not less than 20 billion cubic feet.Rapidly-as the population of the United States has increased, the lumber consumption has increased still more rapidly. In round num bers, and allowing for incomplete reports, the lumber cut in 1880 was 18 billion feet, in 1890, 24 billion feet, and in 1900, 35 billion feet. The inc...

Excerpt from Teachers CottagesLarns for Wisconsin Dairy Farms. By Frank M. White and Clyde I. Griffith. Bul. 266, Wisconsin Agri. Exp. Sta. Wsilo Construstion in Nebraska. By L. W. Chase. Bul. 138, Univ. Of Nebraska xx Agricultural Experiment Station. Economy of the Round Dairy Barn. Bul. 143, Illinois Agri. Experiment Sta.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbo...

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Excerpt from The Lumber Cut of the United States in 1905The total out of yellow pine was probably little, if any, greater in 1905 than in 1904. The cut of White pine was certainly no greater. The cut of Douglas fir increased remarkably, because the capacity of old mills Was increased and many new ones were added. The cut. Of fir in 1904 was also below normal, owing to unfavorable market conditions. There was probably a Small decrease in hemloc...

Excerpt from The Drain Upon the ForestsFigure 1 shows the output of forest products in 1906, all classes being reduced to equivalent board feet for more ready comparison. Roughly, three times as much timber is used for lumber as for all the Other items combined. Next to lumber come shingles, requiring per cent as much timber as is used for lumber, hewed cross-ties require approximately the same amount. Domestic pulpwood takes per cent as much ...

Excerpt from The Lumber Cut of the United States in 1905The total out of yellow pine was probably little, if any, greater in 1905 than in 1904. The cut of White pine was certainly no greater. The cut of Douglas fir increased remarkably, because the capacity of old mills Was increased and many new ones were added. The cut. Of fir in 1904 was also below normal, owing to unfavorable market conditions. There was probably a Small decrease in hemloc...

Excerpt from Forest Planting in IllinoisIllinois is comparatively level, and contains much true prairie land. This occupies, in general, the central part of the State. In the north ern and southern portions the country becomes more rolling.All variations of soil occur, from deep, black prairie loam to pure sand. Since nearly all of Illinois was once subjected to glacial action, the changes in soil are frequent-and often abrupt.About the Publis...

Excerpt from Forest Planting in IllinoisIllinois is comparatively level, and contains much true prairie land. This occupies, in general, the central part of the State. In the north ern and southern portions the country becomes more rolling.All variations of soil occur, from deep, black prairie loam to pure sand. Since nearly all of Illinois was once subjected to glacial action, the changes in soil are frequent-and often abrupt.About the Publis...

Excerpt from The Cost of Growing TimberIt is the purpose of this paper to present a method of analysis of theelements of cost in growing timber. The assumptions made are thought to be fair and to approximate the usual conditions under which the various species must be grown. With a right method of computation established those who have need to do so can supply the necessary factors and determine the cost of production for particular cases. Wit...

Excerpt from The Timber Supply of the United StatesThe total quantity of wood cut to obtain the products listed in the table was not less than 20 billion cubic feet.Rapidly-as the population of the United States has increased, the lumber consumption has increased still more rapidly. In round num bers, and allowing for incomplete reports, the lumber cut in 1880 was 18 billion feet, in 1890, 24 billion feet, and in 1900, 35 billion feet. The inc...

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Excerpt from Lumber and Its Uses In addition to the cells whose length is paral lel to the trunk of the tree, wood also contains other layers of cells of a different character whose length is at right angles to the trunk of the tree. These cells occur in thin sheets radiat ing from the bark toward the pith, and form what are called the pith rays or medullary rays of wood. They are best seen on a quartered section, and are what gives the beaut...