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Timber Cut Could Build 55,000 New Homes Embarso on Philippine Mahogany

San Francisco, Jan. l5-Enough timber to house a city of. 220,000 persons was cut on the national forests in California during the last fiscal year, a report by the U.S. Forest Service regional office discloses.

Latest available figures were for the year ending last June 30. They shorved that timber sold from the 18 national forests and cut by the lumber industry that year totaled 555,181,000 board feet. Total number of sales was I,177.

Foresters say the cut would be sufficient to build 55,000 five-room houses suitable for families of four. Actually, much of this timber went to make fruit crates, industrial timbers and other rvood products as well as lumber for houses.

The cut, valued at close to two billion dollars, exceeded that of the previous year by 152 million feet and $690,000. ' The increased cut was made without damaging the productivity of the national forests, a spokesman pointed out. Timber sales on these forests are made .in accordance with long range plans, and forest officers supervise the logging. Trees they mark for cutting are the mature or defe,ctive ones, whose removal 'ivill leave the timber-stand in better gror,r'ing condition. Young, vigorous trees are left to insure a sustained yield of timber in the future.

One-fourth of the money from timber sales and other receipts from use of the national forests is returned to the State of California, in lieu of taxes on this Federallyowned land. The State distributes the money to counties

Sawn Lumber Lifted

Walter G. Scrim, Los Angeles, president of the Philippine Mahggany Association, Inc., in a bulletin to the members announced that the Executive Order No. itZ permitting limited shipment of Philippine Mahogany sawn lumber was signed by the President of the Philippine Islands on December 17, 1947.

The Order became effective December 4, 1947, permits exportation of 20/o of the actual production, and will be in effect for six months.

Red Cedcn Shingle Production Increqsed

W. W. Woodbridge, manager, and Arthur Eugene Smith, field representative, Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, spent a few days in Los Angeles last week while enroute to Dallas, Texas. The next few months they will make their headquarters in the Middle W'est on Bureau business.

Mr. Woodbridge reports that red cedar shingle production of the membership mills of the Bureau has increased fr% in the last six months.

in which national forests are located, for use on schools and roads.

Unique products sold from the forests were 120,000 Christmas trees, 20,000 pine cones, 19,000 pounds of decorative greens, 2,75O pounds of tree bark, 20,000 pounds of yerba santa for medicinal purposes, 32000 pounds of burls and 11,000 stalks of yucca.

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