The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-13
VA. CALLS FIRST
FOREST MEET
IN SOUTH

RA|11MOEND, va, aug. l3,-The
first Statewide forestry conferen ,
ever held In the South and the
second ever held In the United
States. was called today by the Vir.
GINA State chamber OF commerce
to meet in Richmond the middle Of
November.
Commercial forestry problems and
forest conservation will be dis.
cussed. he leading agriculturists,
manufacturers, farmers and pulp
and paper concerns and sawmill In
terests of the Old Dominion are
being invited to participate.
Conference Held
The conference has just been de-
termined upon by the executive
committt- of the State chamber Of
commerce following a conference
here between the committee on
forestry OF the State chamber and
officials of the natural resources
production department of the United
States Chamber Of Commerce, which
has agreed to cooperate.
Major ". Duh. Brookings, man.
ager Of the natural resources de.
partment, and A. A. Doppel, of the
same C-5anization, will participate
in the sessions.
Two days will be devoted to the
meeting, the exact date of which
will be determined later.
According to w. d. Tyler, of
Dante, chairman Of the committee
on forestry of the State chamber,
the sessions will deal with the treat
ment of timber as agricultural crop
grown for profit and the application
of biological science in the develop
ment of merchantable timber prod.
ucts. The cooperation of the United
States Forest Service and similar
agencies in making the meeting a
success, will be requested.
Teach Farm Needs
Virginia. with $4,000, 900 acres in
forests, and with a terrain which in
sures continued use of much OF
her land for the growth OF forest
products, faces a great problem in
making the Virginia landowners
realize the need of scientific farm
ing metohds to obtain the greatest
eventual return from their holdings
Tyler believes.
Virginia also faces the problem
of maintaining her forest production
| standard In order to insure the cQn
tinuance on its present or even a
greater scale. OF her woodworking
| industries.
The whole forestry problem In
Virginia Is only vaguely understood
! by the layman, according to Tyler
and this Is enc. of the great prob
lens which must be overcome in
promoting forestry work in Vir
ginia.
S. II. Marsh, of Harrisonburg, an
official OF the u. S. Forest Service
| in Virginia and member of the
committee, pointed out that some
industries are already planning for
the future. One of these in the
vicinity OF West Point, Va. he said
is Purchasing thousands of acres oil
land to, be used in growing timber
over a long period of years, in order
that its continued operation for an
indefinite period, may be assured in
the face of a decreasing timber sup,
ply.
Government Has Holdings
Marsh said that apother, and
possibly several other Virginia in
dustries, were taking similar action
The u. s. Forest Service in its fout
holdings in Virginia's mountain re
gions now has nearly 1000 900 acres
of land in forests. This means that
the II ,000, 900 other acres of land in
the State. classified as forest land
is in the hands o. private landhold
ers. and that in order to insure the
greatest production from Virginia s
| forests a method must be worked
out to obtain universal use of the
best forest conservation methods.