Show r I Timely 1 imely 1 T Topics 1 j i opi I STILL WASTING TIMBER Three-fifths Three of oC the tho timber Originally In fri the United I States is gone according to a a. recent report of the forest fores t service And each year we are taking about cubic feet of wood from our forests and are growing i Information on which its report Is based the forest service service service ser ser- vice worked out a plan to stop this timber timbe depletion The depletion of timber In the United States says say S the report has not resulted primarily from the from the use o 01 of our but from their devastation Tle Te kernel o oJ of r the problem lies in the enormous areas of forest lands land S which are not producing the timber crops that the they k should There are acres of over cut-over timber timbe r lands bearing no saw timber Their condition ranges range S from complete devastation through various stages o of f partial restocking with trees of inferior Quality t to D relatively limited areas which are producing timber a at t or near their full capacity On acres there ther e is practically no forest gr growth This is the result o of forest fires and of methods of cutting which destroy destro f or prevent new timber growth The s suggestions of the forest service are 1 Cooperation Co Co- operation with states in fire prevention and forest re renewal 10 re- n newal wal 2 the extension and consolidation of federal fed fed- eral lands 4 a st study dy of forest taxation and insurance 5 the survey and classification of forest resources and 6 appropriations for forest research I I It is along these lines that it is necessary to work worl for lor to a very great gleat degree our n national tion l welfare depends depend S upon our forests and unless some successful steps ar are e taken to prevent the waste of timber and timber lands I the country faces a serious s situation in one of its IL S most vital industries Worlds Industries Worlds World's Work I I |