INCOME OPPORTUNITIES IN SPECIAL FOREST PRODUCTS SELF-HELP SUGGESTIONS FOR RURAL ENTREPRENEURS

Conversion English unit factor SI unit acre 4,046 square meter (m 2) board foot 0.002 cubic meter (m 3) bushel (U.S.) 0.004 cubic meter (m 3) Fahrenheit (°F) (°F–32) 0.55 Centrigrade (°C) foot (ft) 0.3048 meter (m) gallon (U.S. liquid) 0.004 cubic meter (m 3) hectare 1,000 square meter (m 2) inch (in.) 25.4 millimeter (mm) pound per square inch (lb/in 2) (stress) 6,894 Pascal (Pa) pound per square foot (lb/ft 2) (weight) 4.88 kilogram per square meter (kg/m 2) pound per square foot (lb/ft 2) (stress) 6.89 kilopascal (kPa) pound per cubic foot (lb/ft 3) (weight) 1.60 kilogram per cubic meter (kg/m 3) ounce (oz) (U.S. fluid) 0.00003 cubic meter (m 3) quart (U.S. dry) 0.001 cubic meter (m 3) ton (metric) 1,000 kilogram (kg) yard cubic (yd 3) 0.9 meter (m) The use of personal, trade, firm, or corporation names in this publication is for the information and convenience of the reader and does not constitute an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture of any product or service. The MRI is an independent, not-for-profit organization that performs contract research and development for government and private sector clients. The research and support staff combine expertise and resources to carry out projects in more than four dozen scientific and technical disciplines. The Economics and Management Sciences Section of MRI provides expert assistance on rural development, strategic plans for economic and industrial development, management and business studies, market and feasibility analysis, and industry competitive assessment. Special acknowledgments go to many contributors. At MRI, David Reisdorph assisted in gathering technical material on several forest topics. LaDene Morton and Howard Gadberry consulted on selected forest product topics, and James Damico assisted in locating and collecting extensive resource materials. The original production of this report was very capably supervised by Alice Crews and assisted by Cheryl Bender. At the Forest Products Laboratory, the final production of this report as an Agriculture Information Bulletin was efficiently implemented by the staff of the Publishing Center. Finally, the authors wish to express appreciation to the many individuals who responded to our surveys and requests for information and photographs related to special forest products. Their generosity in time and effort is what made this publication possible. These individuals are noted in the contributor lists in appendixes at ends of chapters.