In normal times the industrial field offers many opportunities for foresters. Foresters who can show a manufacturer ways to improve his product or reduce costs will always have openings for employment

Hadlock, F. D.

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In normal times the industrial field offers many opportunities for foresters. Foresters who can show a manufacturer ways to improve his product or reduce costs will always have openings for employment.</p

Hadlock, F.

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I   Industrial Field for ForestersF.  D.  HADLOCK,  '18With  the  Western  Electric  Co.,  Cranford,  N.  J.N normal  times  the  industrial  field  offers  many  opportunitiesfor  foresters.    Foresters  who  can  sllOW  a  manufacturer  Waysto  improve  his  product  or  reduce  costs  will  always  have  open-ings for  employment.Many  concerns  are  still  fabricating-  wooden  products  despitethe  increase  of  wood  substitutes.    Probably  a  large  amount  ofwood  substitution  has  been  due  to  the  fact  that  the  productshave  been  incorrectly  designed.    The  forester  who  can  correctthese  errors  can  find  for  himself  a  valuable  position.    The  useof  plywood  in  both  tIle  industrial  and  builderS7  fields  is  com-paratively new and will undoubtedly afford many opportunitiesfor  forestry-trained  men.Aside  from  a  short  time  witll  tile  Western  Tie  and  LumberCompany  I  have  been  employed   for  the   past   14  years   withthe  Western  Electric  Company.    In  my  early  work  purchasingrailroad ties I found that wood technology was tile Subject WIliChI  used  most.    Practically  every  pllaSe  Of  forestry  training,  ex-cept  perhaps  silviculture  and  like  subjects,  has  proved  usefulin my work in the industrial field.In my line I have found tllat actual  experience  in wood-WOrk-ing plants and sawmills-in tIleir machine Shops, lumber-drying'plants,  and  glue  rooms-has  been  most  useful.    In  this  regarclit is my belief that the forestry student  interested in industrialpositions  should  elect  as  many  eng'ineering-  courses  as  possible.It may sound unusual when I say that I procured my presentemployment through  an advertisement  in  a  Chicago  newspape1'.I believe that many  foresters can obtain g-ood  positions by  scan-ning  the  want-ad  sections  of  larg-e  newspapers.Since I answered that ad my work has been increasingly intel--esting.     My  job   has  been  to  watch   the   development   of   newequipment  for  manufacturing-  wood  products  and  perfect  ma-chines  to  do  the  work  better.     Cost  reduction  is  the  problemwhich continually faces the forester interested in industrial prac-tice of wood utilization.Studies of the most economical methods of machine operation ;correct  species,   sizes,   ancl  grades   of  lumber;   and   changes   indesign  are  the  stock-in-trade   of  the   industrial   forester.     Hemust  also be  familiar with  the  preparation  of  cost  estimates  onthe manufacture  of new products in order to  do his job fully.3!     ct     Jf[82]

Industrial Field for Foresters

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