The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-13
STUDY TIMBER CONSERVATION.
Object VIII Re To Secure Closer Ctii-
iyation of Forest Products


ization of Forest Products.
Washington. Nov. 13.-Thc future
development of the lumber industry
in this country lies In the direction
of a closer utilization OF forest pro-
ducts. Both foresters and practical
lumbermeE now agree on this point
Just what can be done in this field
is well illustrated in the operations
at the mill of the Great Southern
Lumber company, which has just re-
opened its plant at Bogalusa, Louis
lana, in response to the increased
demand for lumber after the recent
slump in business. This is perhaps
the largest sawmill in the United
| States, If not in the world, and is
capable of turning out the enormous
amount of 100000 feet of sawn lum-
| Der board measure per day A reader
can get a fair idea of this quantity
| of lumber when he is told that its
output is enough to build little
town of 40 houses, along with
goodsized church and school
house every day
This company was quick to grasp
| the significance of the rapid deple-
| ton of timber resources Last year
! 1t began a cooperative investigation
| in wood utilization with the United
States forest service and arrange
ments have just been completed for
a renewal of the experiments. The
work will be along practical lines
ana VIII be aimed to secure a closer
utliizat1on of the products of the
southern lumber mills and at the
same time produce a margin of profit
IN excess of that obtained by the
methods which are now practiced.
The field for work along this line
rs broad. 1t is well known that the
superior grades of lumber are OBJ
tanned from old mature trees. DO
vlded they are not weakened by de-
cay or other influences. In other
words, a thousand feet board meas
ure of lumber sawed from a tree
two feet in diameter, costs less and
is worth more than a thousand feet
sawed from tree only eight inches
IN diameter. Moreover, timber cut
from young trees usually contains
large amount of sapwood If ties
poles, etc, are cut from such mater
lal, they will decay far more rapidly
| tran If cut from heartwood 1t is not
good business policy, however, in
great many cases to saw the most
| valuable timber into commodities
which are relatively low in cost, such
as ties and poles 1t is the intention
therefore, of the company to find out
Just what size and classes of timber
can be best utilized for the cheaper
! commodities when given a pyeserya-
| tive treatment
10 this end q careful study will be
| i"aoe 10 ascertain the amount and
value OF the products sawed from
| trees OF different sizes and just how
each can be best utilized so as to Sc
cure greatest economy and profit.
FOR example, can a tree eight inches
| III diameter be best utilized for ties
or for flooring, and how will the
| profits compare if treated with those
sold untreated? 1t seems reasonable
to suppose that the profits derived
from the sale of treated timber will
i exceed those from untreated timber.
| Moreover, the greater use OF
chemically preserved wood will I'M
doubtedly result in that wood giving
! a greater life in service. Hence the
amount of timber cut annually in
the United States, simply to replace
that which is decayed, will be mater
tally decreased, and further con-
sorvation of forest resources will re-
suit. Recent estimates by the Forest
! Service place this reduction at 10
| per cent of the total timber cut. The
practical benefits Of these expert
ments and of the Investigations for
tho utilization of co 70
at once apparent