. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. oducingCountries. The principallumber producing countries of the world arethe United States, Canada, Russia, Sweden,Norway, Germany and France, but sometropical sections furnish many beautifulvarieties of timber, such as mahogany, ebonyand rosewood, which are chiefly used in fur-niture making. Russia and Sweden are theonly important European exporters of lum-ber; most of the other nations, especiallyGreat Britain and GeiToany, import la
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. oducingCountries. The principallumber producing countries of the world arethe United States, Canada, Russia, Sweden,Norway, Germany and France, but sometropical sections furnish many beautifulvarieties of timber, such as mahogany, ebonyand rosewood, which are chiefly used in fur-niture making. Russia and Sweden are theonly important European exporters of lum-ber; most of the other nations, especiallyGreat Britain and GeiToany, import largequantities, or produce just enough for theirown use. With the increasing demands forlumber there has been a corresponding in-crease in the varieties of wood available forindustrial purposes. Substitutes have beenfound for many varieties fonnerly in use;and such substitutes have often proved betterthan the varieties they displaced. Divisions of the Industry. The lumberindustry is divided into three branches, asfollows: (1) The logging industry, including thefelling of timber, cutting it into lengths, andtransporting it by rail or by river to the This industry is carried on in part by indi-viduals, who own or operate the raw material of this industry consists ofstanding timber; the finished product con-sists of logs delivered at the mill. (2) The sawmill industry, in which the rawmaterial consists of saw-logs, and the prod-uct of rough lumber, including beams, joists,scantlings, boards, shingles and laths. (3) The planing mill industry, in which theraw material consists of rough lumber, andthe finished products of planed, with suchminor manufactures as are carried on in con-nection with these mills. Some of the planingmills are operated in connection with saw-mills, while others are under separate owner-ship and management. Cutting the Timber. In some of the lum-ber regions the cutting of timber is carriedon only during the winter months, because itis at th
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