Numerous inquiries about Cascara buckthorn (Rhamnus purshiana De Candolle) are received each year but the School of Forestry at Oregon State College. This paper seeks to give a condensed statement of the history of the Cascara, its use as a medicinal preparation, its silviculture, its value, a description of the...
The production and transportation of fuel from sawmill refuse is influenced by considerations of raw material cost, type of equipment, operating supplies, operating labor, and distance from source to market. Fuels from sawmill refuse are transported principally by means of trucks, railroad cars, barges, or combinations of those methods.
The successful air seasoning of lumber and other wood products depends largely upon the correct handling of stock from the time it leaves the saw until it reaches a moisture content suitable for use.
The following points summarize the general rules for laying out the yard end piles, for piling,...
The purpose of this report is to make the existence of the Oregon
State College xylarium and this particular collection known to interested
individuals and agencies in the United States and Canada. At
the time of writing, the collection embraces 707 samples of 181
species representing 72 genera and 31...