The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-24
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PART
IN WORK OF FOREST coNsERvA-
TION AND ITS VALUE.
Lumber and Its Products, Also tho
Bark, Resin, Sap and Leaves
Utilized.

/ Offices most beneficial TO the people
OF the west Is the possibility OF a
| close, helpful relation with a branch
| OF the service whose workings have
heretofore been little understood In
this region. This Is the Branch of
Products. The work OF this part OF
| the Forest Service has to do with the
best and most economical utilization
Of the products Of the forest, not only
lumber and its products, but also tho
bark, resin, sap. and even Leaves OF
those trees OF which these parts are
Of value to man.
1t Is not enough that care should
be given to the growing OF a new for
est and to the careful and economical
cutting of the present, but 1t is OF
equal importance that care be taken
to bring about as complete utiliza-
Hon OF the tree as possible and to
make the utilized timber serve its pur-
pose as long as possible. To bring
about the utilization OF what Is now
wasted In manufacture or to increase
the unsable life OF timber is consid-
cred as much forest conservation as
to grow a forest where the original
has been cut of.
Since fully 30 per cent OF the grow
ing tree Is unutilized according to
American methods OF numbering. II ap-
pears that there Is a considerable
need Of study along the line OF more
economical utilization. Although ex-
listing conditions arc so different as
to make comparison difficult yet the
fact that In Germany practically 80
per cent Of the tree Is used, gives
some indication or what may be ac-
compllshed where the price of lumber
and the lack of a sufficient supply
make efficient and careful methods In
dispensible.
The Branch of Products has made
a special effort TO make possible the
utilization Of the waste incident to
manufacture after the log has reached
the mill. For some time experiments
have been carried on studying the pos
sibiliues Of utilizing slabs and saw
dust. In regions where there is a
sufficient demand, considerable In
come is derived from the secondary
manufacture by private parties, OF
slabs and edgings into box shocks,
vate and federal efforts to utilize saw
dust have not been as successful as
may be desired. The lines OF most
promise, however. have been It's use
In paper making and In the distilla-
tion OF pine sawdust for the produo-
tion of turpentine. Much remains to
be accomplished, however, to make
this work an unqualified success.
Still another dissipation OF timber
wealth has occurred through preJu-
dice or the ignorance OF the proper
ties of certain woods For some rea-
son certain species have been con-
such a prejudice has been formed
against them as to render them prac-
tically valueless on the lumber mar
kets, OH which account they were left
in the woods, a total loss. In many
cases the popular conception of their
value has later not been borne out
by the facts, or has been found TO
be the result OF ignorance of the prop
er method of handling these species,
Notable examples are those of the
hemlock and red gum in the east.
which for long time were considered
worthless and were wasted, but which
upon better understanding of their
use and properties have come to have
considerable value as lumber trees.
The western hemlock and tanbark oak
of the west suffered the Same fate,
and caused the total loss of millions
of feet of good lumber To eliminate
this waste timber testing laboratories
are conducted by the Forest Service
in which woods are tested to ascer-
tain their true value and properties
and to formulate methods whereby
they may take their rightful place
among the woods OF economical value
to man
The Forest Service is ready to give
what information 1t may have at It's
command concerning the value and
properties of any wood or TO cooperate
with private individuals to make tests
on woods concerning which no )nfor-
nation Is at hand
The chief field of activity In tho
local office or Products viii undoubt,
edly be the preservation treatrenL OF
timber. since the conditions OF TIM
Der supply in relation to demand in
this region are such as TO make the
Increase of the durability OF timber
OF greatest import to those Industries
dependent upon Its use. The fact
that practically all of the lumber used
in Ogden and vicinity is shipped at
considerable expense from Oregon and
| California. lends practical value TO
the preservative treatment OF such
| timber as is used in contact with the
| soil, since such treatment will Dracs
| tically double its life. The most com,
| mon and successful treatment OF lum-
Der Is the impregnation with some
one OF the solutions obtained from the
| distillation of coal. These substances
| prevent decay by their action as anti
| septlcs against wood destroying bac-
teria and fungi and by preventing the
entrance OF moisture into the wood.
| Zinc chloride Is used to some extent,
but being soluble in water 1t teaches
out after time and its value as an
antiseptic is lost.
| The Office OF Products of this dis
| trict IS desirlous OF coming In touch
with all who use timber where pro.
servation would lengthen Its use and
| stands ready to render practical as.
sistance, both by furnishing informa.
| tlon concerning tho treatment or tlm.
Der and by cooperating in the install.
| lation and operation of timber treat.
Ing plants. ASA l.. BROWEk.