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SUNDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1960
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Industrial Forests of Area Inspected by Group Thursday
Inspection of industrial for.
ciis in normern Jackson coun
ty took place 1'hursdav bv a
group of interested business
men and educators from Med-
lord and Ashland
The trip, organized by Cal
vin Smith, district forester
for the Industrial Forestry as
sociation, and representatives
of member companies, was de
signed to review a cross sec
tion of practices followed by
the local timber industry in
managing forests.
First stop was at the Med
ford Corporation reload where
smitn, logging manager,
discussed the reloadins
tices and briefly reviewed the
company's plans for convert
ing the railroad into a private
logging road.
Next stop was a vardinc
and loading demonstration, in
which tractors ground-skidded
logs to the landing, and the
loaaer operator, using a grap
ple, deftly selected the logs
needed to load the trucks. Al
Smith pointed out that loads
of 10 to 12 thousand board
feet are not uncommon for
off-the-highway trucks, and
would weigh in excess of 100
thousand pounds.
Another highlight was a
demonstration of timber fall
ing. The group went through
several hundred feet of felled
and bucked timber to view
problems faced by fallers in
laying mature timber on the
forest floor.
On some of the freshly
bucked logs, there was evi
dence of defect. Glen Duysen,
timber manager for Kcgap
Manufacturing company,
pointed out some of the fruit
ing bodies which indicate that
a tree is defective. He also
mentioned that in recent years
"white speck" logs are being
converted into veneer, which
is then used as core stock in
manufacturing plywood. "This
represents another step to
wards greater utilization of
our timber resources," he said.
.After lunch in Prospect, the
group gathered at the Pros
pect ranger station for a lec
ture on the problems of blis
ter rust in sugar and white
pine.
Douglas Baker, In charge
of the Prospect ranger district
on, the Rogue River National
forest, pointed out that
through research a chemical,
Acti-Dione, now is being used
as a control on infected trees.
The chemical, mixed with
white gas as a carrier, is
sprayed on the base of the
tree where the Acti-Dione is
absorbed and translocated to
the infected area killing the
blister rust.
Another approach to the
same problem was discussed
by William Roberts, assistant
ranger, who said that they
were looking for blister rust
resistant trees from which
growing tips could be grafted
to younger trees and then
checked for further resistance.
When resistancp is HAfpr.
mined, then seed from this
source will be collected for
propagation purposes.
Sam Taylor, timber man
ager for Elk Lumber compa
ny, led the group up the Ul
rich rd. to view the results of
horse logging. Reviewing the
history of the tract, he pointed
out that Elk acquired the
lands last year from Trail
Creek Lumber company which
had done an excellent job of
selective logging resulting in
a heavy stand of reproduction.
The company is currently
using horse loggers to remove
seed trees, high risk trees and
windfalls from the area. Walk
ing over the skid trails, it was
apparent that little or no dam
age was done to the remain
ing thrifty stand of trees. The
"hay burner" is still import
ant for logging purposes in
areas where reproduction is
heavy and extreme care is
needed in removing overstory
merchantable trees.
Passing over the divide be
tween the Rogue river and the
Elk Creek drainage, the group
viewed extensive stands of
timber near the head waters
of Elk Creek.
Arriving at Dodes Creek, a
tributary of Elk Creek, Tay
lor discussed the selective
cutting practices. He pointed
out that a light 30 per cent
cut in the virgin forest did not
result in the establishment of
any reproduction and they
'$id removed an additional 30
per cent last year to let in
more light, which would re
sult in germination and sur
vival after the next good seed
year.
The forester pointed out
that he felt cutting practices
of this type provided greater
assurance of a new stand of
trees than did clear cutting,
and the hot sun, burning on
their lands.
Final stop of the day was
Burnt Peak lookout where
thousands of acres of timber
could be viewed at a glance.
The air was smoky, restricting
visibility and the foresters
pointed out that this was the
result of controlled slash burn
ing on private and govern
ment lands to reduce the pos
sibilities of wild fires.
Cal Smith, Industrial For
estry association, emphasized
that the forested acreage
viewed was but a small por
tion of the 1.490,000 timbered
acres in Jackson county. He
said that current up-to-date
forest inventories show a vol
ume of timber within the
county in excess of 22 billion
board feet. He also pointed
out that the timber industry
contributed 24 i million pay
roll dollars into the economy
of the county last year.
Guests on the trip included
Dr. Ken Baker, Omar Bacon,
Dr. Merle Foland, Donald Per
ry, Glen McCullough, Donald
Carlon, Curtis Hopkins, Mack
Follmer, Del Landing and
Russ Jamison all from Med
ford. Attending from Ashland
were Vern Speirs, Archie
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Hosts for the trip were Wes
Graham, forester for Timber
Products Corporation; John
Dee Lumber company; Al
Smith, Medford Corporation;
Sam Taylor, Elk Lumber com
pany; and Glen Duysen, Ko-
O'Connor, forester for Double gap Manufacturing company.
Herb Hunter
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Salem - (UPD Gov. Mark
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her sixth Oregon governor as
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Lumber Market
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