The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-25


kSdwood Forests
|, Washington, {, ss OF s4Ars. famous,
redwood seqaoisshe sae trees" Of
Californis are to he saved as q mat
ter Of good RHsi1ess What is said
Ito be the most IpRoTtsnt step on the
part Of private numbering companies
toward the pressgyation Of the pa.: ma
tion's timber sapPay was announced
today yb the National Lumber, Manu-.
fasturers Association. The Union
Lumber Company. the Pacific Lum.
Der company. and the Mendocino
Lumber Company the principal pri-
vate companies owning the Califor-
MIA redwood forests, have agreed here
after to conduct their numbering op-
erations on the principle Of continu-
GUS production and maintenance of
the forests as Q whole. :. -,
This decision, says statement o.
the National Ase9ciation, means that
the redwood forests, made up Of the
largest trees extant, and the Oldest
living things, the sequoia of the. SEM
perviyens. species, will be maintained
indefinitely as anSeconomic factor in
the life Of the nation and as one of
the wonders Of America, .s.
The method Of preservation of the
forests, it is understood, includes cut
ting of timber in more, scattered
stands, while every. precaption is tax
en- against ground and high frss, and
reforestation will follow up the steps
of the cutters.
Ample areas Of the forests will be
preserved forever in the same state
of aged maturity as they have been
ever since the coming of the white
man and possibly for thousands of
years before. The state Of California
has bought areas of these forests for
parks, and the. lumber men them
selves have donated areas bordering
much travelled roads.
The redwood. region should not be
confused with that Of the Sierras Sc
quotas which are not, numerous
enough to be Of any great import
ance, it is said. 1t consists of a mar
row strip of land along the northern
coast Of California and overlapping
into Oregon which is never more than
25 miles wide.,, 1t covers about L.
10000 acres, of which only about
one third has bee cut over, the re-
mainder being virgin. The total
amount of standing timber is esti-
mated at between 10000, 900 900 anu
rs, ,00O, 100000 feet, of which 85 per
cent is redwood. -
The redwood is among the most in
teresting of the tree family. AL
though one Of the longest living
things the redwood grows very rap
idly and attains' height of $50 to
200 feet with diameter Of three feet
in the first fifty years The stands
often run to 10000 feet to, the acre,
Mature trees attain a height of $50
feet-as high as . thirty story build
ing-and a diakaeSer Of 20 feet.
1t is very very persistent, highly
FIRE resistant, and especially adopted
20 .fegIiffoxSn. NJ Re repseduce,
From sprouts, III stumps and from
roots. It has Ryn found practically
Impossible to e&efMiIate the tree ex-.
cept where xsncalture is maintained,
and little Of It's Sabitat is said to be
suitable 70 flaming. The tree has
no very destFuttye insect or fungus
enemies, and deAys Very slowly. AS
lumber it POSSESSES some qualities
which make it hiealy priced. 1t is
slow burning and Strongly resistant
to decay. 1t IS soft and easily
worked, finishes well with a pleasing
color and grain and has an agreeable
fragrance,
If all the lunpering companies in
this area that srs at present interest
ed in the perpetual numbering" idea,
agree to adhen to it, all but IA per
cent of the C.lifofnie redwood will
thus be protected, Il was said. With
the present large supply of virgin
timber to work lop, 1t was declared
1.-THE present production can be kept up
| indefinitely, whls tie redwood at the
same time Gomez back to possession
of practically ~ Of the original l..
800, 900 acres, except about 100000
acres suitable bt cultivation.
The method Of geforestation is .es.
sentiaily that pf projecting and Ell.
couraging the natural and persistent
regrowth from stpmps and roots in
newly cut over IaHds. Some Of the
/ logged.off lsnds win be. partly re.
4 stocEed with seedlings. Without ar.
/ ftifSial planting, most Of the redwood
Hand win come back at the rate OF
10000 Feet to the acre, or more, il
\ forty or, fifty years, if fire is kept
out, now that the owners have decided
to administer, tie cu,t:over land as {
permanent timber crop land rather
than to convert 1t into cattle range
or titled fields. sssa ...A,,,r
Locally the reforestation decision
is declared to be Of great economic
II Tf,nnoyfe ,Scc b ssisee H means that tn,