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NLMfl PRESIDENT NOTES LUMBER OUTLOOK FOR ‘54 Falling Tree
Causes Outage
Waste Reduces Poultry Profit
Inasmuch as poultry f?ed is
one of the major cost items in the
production of poultry products, it
is imperative that the producer
prevent all possible waste if the
operation is to be efficient and
profitable.
Two of the most common feed
losses com? from that consumed
and spoiled by rats and from that
spilled by over-filling feed carts,
pails, and fe.d troughs, says Don
Coin Walrod, county extension
agent.
It is estimated that 25 per cent
of the feed may be wasted if
ieed troughs are consistently filled
too full. Birds bill it out in the
litter and the producer seldom
notices the loss.
(Note. The article following en
titled “Lumber Looks Ahead to
‘54’’ was written by James R.
Bemis, president of the National
Lumber Manufacturers associa
tion. it outlines developments in
lumber that can be expected in
the coming year. NLMA repre
sents producers of more than half
the nation’s lumber or about 20
billion board feet a year.)
Whether you plan to build a
new house, panel a basement rec
reation room, or simply put up
Vegetables have been raised a few shelves, 1954 will be a year
without soil, in chemically treat of better buys in lumber.
LUMBER TO MEET NEED
ed water.
The do-it-yourself enthusiast,
particularly, will get more at-
William Tell was a legendary
t.ntion from the lumber industry
person.
in the year ahead. For the ever-
increasing
number
of home
I handymen, the lumber industry
will offer new ideas and services
especially tailored to their needs.
Lumber manufacturers are set.
ting out to capture a great.r
share of the home remodeling
and home renovation market in
order to offset an anticipated drop
in new resid. ntial building from
about 1.1 million starts in 1953
to slightly less than a million
predicted for 1954.
While home building prospects
are down slightly, the sale of
home handyman work patterns
is booming and do-it-yourself ac
tivity is on the upgrade across
the country.
TO MEET DEMAND
Recent surveys indicate that in
1952 Americans spent more than
three and one-half billion dollars
for do-it-yourself supplies and
tools. That’s an average of about
$77 per household—$60 of which
is reported to have been spent
for lumber and other building
materials. The lumber manutac-
Three rats will consume as
much feed as two laying hens,
says Walrod.
If fed that is
stored in sacks is put on racks
about 12 inches off the floor and
about two feet away from the
wall, cats and dogs such as rat
terriers can be of help in con
trolling the rats.
Permanent poison stations that
can bs kept supplied at all times
with the new warfarin type baits
are proving to be of great help.
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Unit Members Party
At Fugate Home
George A. Remnant
Vesta M. King
Mildred Tupper
ROCK CREEK — The Keasey
extension unit meet at the home
of Lola Fugate for its Christmas
! party. While the rain fell and
I lights failed, a number of hilari-
| ous games were played. Those
attending were
Betty Brady,
Rena Brady, Edith McFarland,
Marie Christensen, Hilda Kea
sey, Iola Dibbin, May Krieger,
Vivian Counts, Necia D Witt,
Ella Martan and Blanche DeWitt. I
Donna Nightwine surprised her
folks by her unexpected return
from Kansas.
No place like
home for the Christmas holi
days.
Patti Bass
Joyce Jones
Bill Shafer
Vernonia Branch
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turers of the country realize
what this market means in terms
of present and potential sales and
intend to see that its needs are
satisfied with the best material
and service they can provide.
One step in this direction has
been the pre-packaging of lum-
ber. This means that the manu-
factur.r cuts the boards to the
various sizes most popular for
do-it-yourself work and passes
along to the consumer the sav-
ings that result from better utili-
zation of raw materials. More of
this type selling can be exp.cted
in the year ahead.
MORE FOR THE DOLLAR
Most of the nation's leading
home builders concede that they
will have to off.r prospective
home buyers more value for their
dollar during 1954. Greater use
of wood to lend individuality and i
distinction to new homes appears |
to figure prominently in their '
thinking.
Overall, the lumber market
should remain relatively stable i
during 1954. In total new con 1
struction activity—which absorbs
about two-thirds of the lumber
produced in this country—the
outlook is for a dollar volume
only about two per cent below
1953’s record figure of nearly 35
billion dollars.
As significant as the overall
construction picture are the op
portunities which the lumber in
dustry has to expand its markets
in specialized fields of building
and in repair-maintenance-altera
tion activities.
WOOD MORE POPULAR
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Engineered timber construction, I
which takes full advantage of th?
functional nature of wood, has
become increasingly popular since
World War II for schools, ware
houses, supermarkets, churches 1
and other one-story structures '
wh.re the accent is on economy, !
safety and utility. The school and '
commercial building booms pre- i
dieted for 1954 offer lumbermen |
a chance to step up the pace of j
engineered timber construction. I
Also important to the industry’s |
future is a new ten-year million-
dollar research program which the
National Lumber Manufacturers
Association
is
preparing
to
launch in an effort to d velop
new and improved wood products.
Meanwhile, the American lum
ber industry has many problems
to face in 1954. There are, for
instance, high production costs
which do not appear likely to
decline, the challenge of other
popular building materials, and
competition from foreign lumber
ROCK CREEK — The loggei
manufacturers.
I was detained in camp overnight
INDUSTRY IN GOOD SHAPE
recently while the track was re
Basically, though, the industry
paired where a large, rotti n tree
is in good health. Lumber pro had fallen. Lights were off foi
duction for 1953 is figur.d at over two hours also while the
about 38.4 billion feet—a shade
electric line was fixed. Plenty
above the estimated output of | of water outside but rather hard
38.2 billion board feet in 1952. i on those depending on electric
Lumber consumption, which in pumps. The mail could go no
cludes exports and imports as farther than the Counts’ place
well as changes in distributors'
Snow has shut down the work
stocks, is calculated at about 40.7
where
Herb Counts has been
billion board feet for 1953, com
pared with an estimated 40.4 bil busy these past weeks. Now Ir
is home again and hunting his
lion board feet in 1952.
In the light of what we know strayed cattle.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Petty
today and the best available evi
dence as to future trends, it john, Mr. and Mrs. Verle D?
seems reasonable to expect that Vaney and Bud Pettyjohn called
lumber production and consump at th- Ben Westerberg home a
The day was
tion next year will closely ap short time ago.
so nice that a trip through the
proximate this year’s figures.
There is a possibility that lum woods was made and Christmas
ber production next year may be trees for the various families oh
off five to ten p.r cent from 1953. tained.
Mrs. George Martan had the
But it will be difficult to make a
positive estimate until general misfortun - to fall and sprain hei
business conditons for the coming right wrist.
year and uncertainties in th? lum
ber picture are clarified by de
velopments in the next few
months.
More certain than any forecast
of the 1954 market is this fact—
there will be plenty of lumber
available to meet both civilian
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and defense requirements in the
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year ahead and for all the fore
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ciation when thinking of the splen
did patronage that has lieen ours.
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your friendship and ¡or
the many arts anil uords
of kindness you have ae-
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health and happiness.
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