Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1920 — Utilizing Wood Waste. [ARTICLE]

Utilizing Wood Waste.

The utilisation of wood waste to one way ‘recommended to cut down the high cost of living. Here are some articles made from sawdust and shingle waste which the New York College of Forestry is exhibiting in its efforts to show how the waste of the sawmill can be utilized to cheapen the cost of living, "BUM” socks, sausage casings, phonograph records, paper milk bottles and tanbark shingles. The “silk” looks like silk ; apd feel. like silk, but is much cheaper than silk. The sausage casings are made by treating the wood with chemicals that turn it into viscose, and ieniejr -thia into thin films.