Our most difficult line of work has been that of utilization. Facts
as to the conditions could easily be obtained, but the difficulty has
been in bringing the buyer and seller together. Recently a plan was
adopted, which if we would be able to continue its operation, would
without question, hasten very rapidly the utilization work. This plan,
the details of which are given elsewhere, is to canvass particular
localities thoroughly, finding out just what can be offered in the way
of different chestnut products, ascertaining the local market for the
same, and then determining so far as possible, where else the surplus
may be marketed. In connection with the carrying out of this plan, up
to this writing as many as a dozen portable saw mills have been located
in one county, and in other localities many practical operations had
already been started, thus tending to rapid and clean cut work in
utilizing blighted chestnut.