Evening star., 1934-03-31
CHANGES IN CODE
HELD FOREST AID
Provide Continual Produc-
tion of Timber on Pri-
yateIy Owned Lands.

Approval by President Roosevelt OF
several amendments to the lumber
code promises to give the practice OF
forestry in the United States its
greatest impetus since the national
forests were placed under intensive
administration more than quarter
of a century ago, according to the
United States Forest Service.
The amendments provide for the
continual production of timber on all
privately owned forest lands through
out the country. They were formu-
lated by the lumbermen in co-opera-
ton with public agencies interested in
forest conservation, and carry the
Endorsement Of the lumber code
authority and the N R. A.
The code as now supplemented
sets up general standards OF forest
practice to be followed by all timber
operators under its jurisdiction, and
requires divisions of the code author
ity to prepare detailed and specific
rules applicable to local forest condi-
tions. but conformable to the estab-
lished broad standards. These rules
must be submitted to the code
authority for examination and ap-
proval. after which the local code
agencies are to put them in effect
and enforce them. The forest service
and other interested public agencies
are to have representation on the
local governing and enforcing boards.
Program Effective June l.
The program will go into effect
June l and the forestry measures
required will be mandatory on all
timber operators subject to the juris-
diction of the various divisions of the
lumber code.
Amendment to article 10 of the
code sets up partial cutting or selec-
tive logging as the general standard
for local forest practice measures
under all condition in which such
type of operations is practicable. II
also instruCts the local code agencies
to study the degree to which trees OF
smaller but merchantable sizes may
wisely be left as part of the growing
stock of the forest and to establish
rules for cutting in line with the
findings. Planting is recommended
where natural reproduction from trees
left on the area proves inadequate to
restock the land, or where clear
cutting of the merchantable stand is
permitted.
Strong safes lardS against fire are
thrown about the forest The individ-
ual operator is TO be responsible for
fire protection during logging. He
must dispose of slash, enforce rules
concerning smoking in the woods,
provide spark arreSterS on locomotives
and logging engines, suspend opera
tons in dangerously dry weather ard
have his crews and equipment on
immediate call for fire fighting.
Allowed To Increase Products.
The divisional organizations of the
industry are instructed 70 investigate
the feasibility and encourage the
establishment of sustained yield units
from which. under proper forest
practice, a regulated and continuous
output of forest products can be
obtained in perpetuity. This highly
desirable form Of forest management
is to be fostered by the code authority
through allowing 1umbernlen who
place their operations on such basis
to increase the volume Of forest prod
ucts they are allowed to o., manu- a1Int-
ment system of the code.
All of these measures provided for
by the amendments to the lumber
code are designed. according to the
forest service to keep the privately
owned forest land of the United
States in continuous production of
timber and thus permit the relogging
of each area as the growing Trees
reach a marketable size. In other
words. it is explained. timber lands
are to be handled on the same broad
basis as farm lands, with the growing
timber constituting a succession OF
crops to be protected, tended. and
harvested as a continuing resource.