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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON FRIDAY. AUGUST 17. 1962 Research Increases' Utilization of Forests The colorful era of trans forming North America's vir gin forests into thriving and well-managed timber stands is passing into history, leaving a rich imprint of song and legend on the pioneer heri tage of this continent. The forests, which played an important part in the set tlement of the frontiers, con tinue to represent a living and powerful force in the lives of the people. The United States today is well along in a vast transition from this initial phase in the history of its forests into a new era of scientific forest management. Forest indus tries have become permanent members of their communi ties, and the concept of grow ing trees as a perpetual crop on Tree Farm Lands has tak en firm hold. There is growing recogni tion by the people that the forest resource requires intel ligent management and wise utilization to bring about maximum benefits. Profitable Markets The increasingly higher lev els of management applied to forests in the United States are the result of an economic factor of basic importance -increasing and more profita ble markets for wood. Forest industries, with new knowledge gained from re search, have made giant strides in the last decade in using more of each harvested tree by turning leftovers into wood chips for paper; by cre ating new industries to manu facture particleboard, hard board, softboard, and many other new products; and by discovering uses for timber species formerly unmerchant able. All of these have helped raise the value of trees to the point where high levels of forest management have be come economically feasible. The forests of the United States today support the na tion's fourth largest industrial structure. Current progress in genetics, forest management, timber utilization and devel opment of new products, to gether with new chemical uses of the tree now dawning on the horizon, hold promise of an increasingly significant role for the industrial forester on the American scene. Widely Diversified The structure of the forest industries in the United States is widely diversified and complex. It consists of about 57,000 different compa nies in all categories of size, most of them small and many family owned. Companies which own and manage most of the industry owned forest land are in turn owned by more than 350,000 shareholders representing a cross-section of the people of the United States. Without sacrificing individ ual rights of land ownership and other individual freedoms of choice and action, the Unit ed States passed from an era of forest liquidation to one of highly developed forestry practices all within the past 50 years. Progress in the manage ment and utilization of the many forest types and species found in the United States is proceeding at an accelerated rate. In the forefront of this march of progress are the for est industries. Forest Area The total forest area of the United States, including the new states of Alaska and Ha waii, is. 775 million acres. The area from which tim ber harvests are available-the commercial forest area-is 535 million acres. This leaves 240 million acres of forest lands classed as non - commercial, which includes lands incapa ble of commercial timber pro duction, lands that are inac cessible, and lands set aside for parks, wilderness, game refuges, military installations, and other uses. Sixty-seven per cent of the commercial forest land, or 357 million acres, is private ly owned. It is held by farm ers, industries, investors, and other private owners who pay taxes on the land. From the privately owned forests comes about 85 per cent of the wood used by the wood-processing industries. Thirty-three per cent of the commercial forest land, or 178 million acres, is owned by government-federal, state or local. These lands supply about 15 per cent of the wood used in the country. Privately Owned Lands The lorcst industries look to the privately owned lands for a major part of the raw material needed to meet the nation's demand for wood products, except in some western regions where gov ernment lands make a sub stantial contribution to the raw material supply. More than 92 per cent of the industry - owned forests are being operated under per manent manacement for con tinuous forest cropt. Most industry-owned forest v W5w BSEI? .;). ''TKfT' V5V!1 I ufiY z& . - r WSJ &. 3 K . v (jSs FIRST MOVERS The first "prime movers" wheels were solid wood, sliced from a log in the Pacific Northwest logging were oxen and banded with steel. (American Forest teams such as the one shown here, hauling Products Industries photo) ponderosa pine logs in the 1800's. Cart lands, while managed primar ily for production of timber crops are open to the public for hunting, fishing and other recreational uses. A recent survey (1960) showed 92.3 per cent of these lands open to hunters in sea son and 97.4 per cent open to fishermen. Lands open to fish- n g contain approximately 40,000 miles of stream banks. The part played by indus try's timberlands in providing the nation's growing recrea tional needs is becoming in creasingly important. The 518 companies covered in the sur vey reported annual recrea tion visits to their timber- lands now total 6,057,660. The forest industries coop erate closely with the govern ment and with the forestry schools in research in all ! phases of forestry. I In addition to the research done on their own lands and j in their own laboratories, the j forest industries provide mon iey for special projects by gov ernment and forestry schools. These researcn activities in clude studies in growing su perior strains of trees and If growing them faster; estab lishing new crops quickly and economically after logging; finding means of reducing damage by insects, diseases and forest animals; develop ing methods and equipment for controlling forest fires promptly and efficiently. They also include studies lead ing to greater use of logging and milling leftovers, low grade trees, and tree species for merly considered unus able, and to the prompt salv- SELDOM SEEN A logging truck the pub lic sees, this specially built rig hauls up to 50 tons of logs, far in excess of public high way limits, over a private logging highway system operated by Brooks-Scanlon Lum- ber company of Bend. Here, a ponderosa pine log is hoisted into place for the 50-mile trip to the mill. Bed of the truck is 10 feet wide. (American Forest Products Industries photo) age of trees killed or doomed by natural forces. The cornerstone of indus try's approach to the job of growing trees for a growing nation is the American Tree Farm system. A certified Tree Farm may be any privately owned forest land voluntarily used for growing crops of trees. The owner protects his timber from fire, insects, diseases and destructive grazing. He har vests his trees in a way to in sure rccstablishment of the forest. There are no membership dues in the Tree Farm pro grain, no subsidies, no assess ments. The tree farmer grows trees as a crop because it is good business. From industry he gets a certificate of mem bership in the American Tree Farm system and a Tree Farm sign to display on his property. Negro Charges Discrimination In Rental Try Portland UPI' Hearing on a case in which a Negro charges violation of state civil rights laws over renting of an apartment was held Thursday before Labor Commissioner Norman O. Nilsen. Nathan Jones charged that Al A. Parent refused to rent him an apartment. Parent, owner of apart ments on Southwest Tcrwilli ger blvd., said he had not re fused to rent to Jones because the latter is a Negro. He said he had a waiting list for an unfinished apartment and could not rent the unit until it was ready for occupancy. Cards Submitted Parent said a woman was first on the list and was ad mitted to the apartment when it was ready. Jones' attorney, J. J. Bel ton, presented a note of intro duction and voting cards which Jones submitted to three tenants in the four-unit building. Parent did say he wanted Jones to appraise the other tenants' feelings toward his presence, emphasizing it was to help Jones decide whether he would encounter hostility or congeniality should he and his family rent the apartment. Parent said he would have rented to Jones despite any opposition had not other pros pective tenants been ahead of him on a priority list. I Subscribers j To report Improper or non I delivery of the Mmi Tribune in I Medtord. phone 772-6141; Ah ' land cell a 1224 luwa t.. or , jhone 482-3002; Montague ind 1 Vrcka nhnn GLohe 9-3171. he- (orr 6 45 p m. dally and 10:30 am Sunday. li regular delivery arrives ihurtly after you call please notify office, thua eliminating special mesienner service. !7? n DENTAL PLATE SERVICE Cracked or broken dentures repaired. Milting teeth re placed. 2f YEARS EXPERIENCE Cltanine "! Fsliihinf QUALITY DENTAL LAB JJ0S. Cnrrl 772-4011 Started in 1941, the Amer ican Tree Farm system is ac tive in 48 of the 50 states. Each year about 3 million acres are added to its rolls. Total area in certified Tree Farms passed 60 million acres in 1962. More than 1,900 technical foresters serve as inspectors to help maintain good stand ards of forest management on the private lands enrolled as certified Tree Farms. Forest land management through tree fanning has as its primary objective the growing of repeated ciops of trees. The forest practices and forest protection necessary to accomplish this objective usu ally result in many additional benefits, among them water shed protection, preservation of the soil, recreation and maintenance of forage for game. Multiple use is an in herent part of tree farming on private forest lands. Sound Management The future of the forest in dustries of the United States is underwritten by sound for est management and increas ing uses of wood. Continued adequate supplies of wood and wood products figure largely in the lives of the people. The forests of this country are growing more wood than is being removed from them. However, there are some lo cal shortages, limited supplies of a few species, and an over abundance of low-q u a 1 1 1 y trees in some arcs. Good for est management is being ex tended to more and more of the privately owned forest lands. The people are recog nizing the value of their forest resource and the need for pro tecting and managing it wise ly. The forest industries will continue to play an important role in improving forest prac tices and bringing about bet ter utilization of forest products. ml OPEN TONIGHT! IMCIAIIJIJ IN MOMIWAIfil 245 S. Central at 10th "MORE QUALITY" c-1f) f). 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