| Show 2 I 1 r t Science Teams With Forest r Industry To Provide Wood to Burn for U. U S. S Western estern Newspaper Union 3 by I t One of the odd results of ourt ourE our t E Jense program is the t e develop develop- defense of one of Americas America's s oldest ent nt 1 and most abundant resources as the newest natural tural 1 Ersatz material materia I Timber and its expanding are being substituted ees' ees e products e v- v for substitutes and replacing metal alloys and com com- comI the lg ing 2 materials which had position I previOusly replaced forest prod- prod The reason for all this is na simply that timber is Plentiful I g u a growing crop and presents bottleneck Do nO i proof of the fact that there is f In Gy 1 about be de- de deok deprived oo no cause to worry worry being ng hl e of toothpicks or having the theas ok I morning paper cut down to postage as size recent directed stamp Size a 3 survey by University of Michigan forestry f experts shows our forests to be beat beI I jl growing at a 3 rate which will ex- ex exI fa J I teed the drain from all causes by 1945 of The significance of this and the Importance of the forestation work f icing leing done by the forest products in industry in- in int t dust is evident when it is consid consid- considered con considered sid sid- r ered that United States uses half he the lumber more than half the pa pa- paper pater paper per ter and two-fifths two of the wood used 1 in all ll forms in the world U. 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S Paper Use High J ti Today Toda the United States uses as as all the rest of the world our consumption reaching an time all-time peak this tI s year ear of approximately tons Sucked Stacked four feet wide vide by four feet high the yearly woodpile to make newsprint for our daily and weekly papers alone would reach from roast coast to coast To give an idea of d how much newsprint is used in te f Its United States we the people J tad sad more than copies of ofie ie to 1900 daily newspapers and 15 OC copies of the weeklies I t and wd semi Yet despite this prodigious consumption there is enough standing timber in the Unit Unit- United ed States of the principal species now flow commonly used in pulp and paper pa pa- paper paper per manufacture to keep the indus indus- industry indusI I try going at its present production J rate for approximately years 1 not tot even considering the steady replenishing re re- re- re replenishing 1 annual growth j It takes nearly million tons of 1 paper to wrap our packages each twelvemonth And think of all the j I I letters that must be written annually louse to use up approximately tons 0 tf d stationery stati r Yet despite the enormous fes s used there is enough wood of ofee ire to kind suitable for paper-making paper standing in our forests today to last lastor kr or more than years if every tree stopped growing tomorrow And His flis huge reserve which does not even include wood for building and andall andall andall all the other purposes is being replenished by nature supported by bythe bythe bythe the forest products industries industries' modern mod mod- modern modI I ern rn forestry program approximate approximate- y as as it is being drawn upon So theres there's no excuse for putting off ofT writing that letter home homet Wide Variety of Products There are in use at the present time more than different kinds of paper and paper products They Play an indispensable part in every every- everyday everyday everyday day routine routine from from the time the morning paper is delivered through breakfast on foods which were I Packed in cartons and bags at the theoffice theoffice theOffice office where ledgers letters files i checks and memos record business transactions t where the telephone f directory lists your numbers where the ticker tape traces market fluctuations fluctuations fluctuations and where other pieces of Paper request you to please remit re re- remit I mit s sAnd And there is one bill marked must remit and addressed to the paper and pulp and ply ply- plyWood plywood wood industries which is being paid off 2 in do a constructive const constructive fashion which Y d S r pF Above photo shows one of the scientific sei- sei steps in the forestry industry of oi today Width of annual rings and quality of wood are carefully corre corre- corrected correI I q 1 fated with factors of climate and soil J F meeting growth of the tree 7 1 6 From log to living room room every every lr y step in the forest products industry Is is being improved b by modern meth meth- ww ar Above picture shows a workman work work- man handling a log lob o in in the early stages of lumber production in the e P saw mill At right right prefabricated prefabricated r J r w housing In the process units of a ahouse J- J house are built with factory meth meth- methods methods h at a central point and hauled M to the home site and assembled as shown will yield future dividends This constructive action taken by the forest products industries is the development de de- development de- de development of continuous forest pro pro- production production production which eventually will put the forests of America on a con con- constant constant stant stint yield sustained-yield basis This range long-range view which insists that timber is a crop operates in three ways by selective logging logging cutting cutting only mature commercially desirable desira desira- desirable desirable ble trees by leaving clumps of seed trees to produce a new crop by natural nat nat- natural natural ural methods and where neither selective logging or the leaving of seed trees is practicable by the planting of seedlings and young trees And with the development of the modern tree farm the lumber in in- industry industry industry is taking definite steps to provide for further replenishment of our forests at a rate which even li lithe the most extensive cutting will not equal The most ambitious of these projects projects projects is the Clemons demons tree farm in Grays Harbor county Wash This farm which h promises promise to be a model for the industry comprises over square miles or acres in a region famous for forests of Doug Doug- Douglas Douglas Douglas las fir West Coast hemlock Western West West- Western Western ern red cedar and Sitka spruce The rugged and rolling terrain is not suited to general agriculture but is land primarily suited suited suited-by by rea rea- reasons reasons sons of soil and climate climate to to forest growing It is estimated that within 50 years timber of commercial size will be available thus systematical systematical- working toward making timber a crop Reproduction comes mainly from natural restocking restocking from from seed trees which are left left but but where fire has killed new growth and seed trees hand planting is resorted to The extent to which the West coast has gone into the business of replenishing our forests can be gauged by the fact that over seedlings have been planted by hand on the forest lands of Wash Wash- Washington Washington ington and Oregon While mature and ripe over-ripe trees will be harvested this year in the Douglas fir region these trees which would decay if left standing will be re re- replaced replaced re- re replaced placed by between two and three million planted hand seedlings to supplement the 10 to 12 seedlings which nature plants for every tree Legislative Aid Unique in legislative history history history-an an example of an industry sponsoring self regulation is the action in ob ob- obtaining obtaining obtaining passage of an Oregon law which makes it compulsory for loggers log log- loggers loggers gers to leave reserve trees to maintain main main- maintain maintain tain continuous forest growth and to provide adequate restocking No provisions for the future can be adequate however unless protection pro pro- protection protection is provided for this present forest growth Forest fires through through- throughout out the United States annually take a toll of some and an even greater waste waste results from decay and disease Millions of dollars are being spent annually by the forest products in in- industries industries industries to check the ravages of fire And approximately acres of privately owned timber are now under fire protection according to United States forest service surveys s There are upwards of forest one-fourth one of fires each year about them set by careless smokers and another fourth due to incendiary causes Modern scientific methods of fire firefighting firefighting firefighting fighting have been enlisted in re re- recent recent recent cent years with increasing effective effective- ness Lookout towers pressure high-pressure pumping units trained crews armed with portable chemical extinguish extinguish- extinguishers ers and parachute squads are all al contributing their part In our pres pres- present present ent crisis the gravity of this peren peren- perennial perennial perennial nial menace is increased because of oo the possibility of sabotage activities in in our forests or incendiary air raids raids raids-a a threat already anticipated by our military leaders who have organized emergency forces which would go into action if such hap hap- Insect Pest Loss Less spectacular but even more destructive is the ravaging work of the forest insect pests Entomologists Entomologists Entomologists have found the most effective means of control of some forest in insects in- in insects insects sects is through introduced para para- sites In the case c se ise of an insect which kills evergreens of the Northeast parasites are being bred by the bil bil- billions billions billions lions and dusted from airplanes over the forests Another method of reducing loss from disease and decay is by concentrated cutting of ripe over-ripe mature stands of timber such as as' are highly attractive to the insects Not only is deterioration serapid so se rapid that the loss exceeds the ac ac- accumulated accumulated accumulated cumulated annual growth but the likelihood of insect attack makes another hazard In other words accepted forestry principles now call for harvesting timber crop before the decay of old age sets in and before attacks by insects The importance of such conser conser- conservation conservation conservation efforts is obvious in view of the defense production goal set up for the forest products industries for 1942 National requirements for next year include 32 billion board feet of lumber cords of pulp pulpwood pulpwood pulpwood wood cords of fuel wood cubic feet of miscella miscella- miscellaneous miscellaneous miscellaneous products and bar bar- barrels barrels barrels of turpentine and resin for naval na na- naval naval val stores according to Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. R Three-fourths Three of the expected to go into construction business next year will be for de de- defense defense defense purposes Substitute Role One interesting sidelight on this picture is the th extending di g role r le played pl y by Metal alloys and composition tion materials which have replaced wood to a certain extent in recent rul rul- years are now under unde priority ings lags Wood is being rediscovered and engineers and architects are taking full advantage of a natural resource so abundant that there is no danger of bottlenecks To again quote Secretary Steel plays the spectacular part partin partin I in guns and tanks and warships but wood does much of the every every- everyday everyday day work Cantonments defense housing and factories are going up upWood upWood Wood is needed for pontoon bridges gunstocks ships and docks Special Special Special cial types of wood are needed for airplanes Wood goes into the mak mak- making making making ing of high explosives As charcoal it is used in gas masks This list could be multiplied many fold The forest unlike mineral re re- resources resources re- re resources sources is potentially inexhaustible and research in forest products isa is isa isa a definite part of forestry Amazing scientific advances in new uses of wood are being made daily many of them originating at atthe atthe atthe the Forest Products Produces laboratory at Madison Wis Here are being test test- tested tested tested ed new principles of prefabricated house construction forecasting a major new industry Revolutionary developments in timbered construction construction construction tion have been achieved through use of new resin glues and ring con can connectors to substitute sub sub- substitute substitute making it possible laminated wooden arches for steel beams Plywood has been im im- improved improved im- im improved proved and perfected and experiments experiments ments are still continuing |
