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pcint where forests will go through an entire season without the loss of a tree. Radar tracking of fires, the use of heliccpters and chemicals make this possible. The forests are cleener because loggers will lcave ncthing on the ground to burn. By breeding stronger varieties of trees, insect and disease damage to the forests will be done away with. Through genetics the trees grown in 20O4 are stronger and healthier. They withstand heavy winds as trees in 1954 cannot do.

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So, in 2004, trees are not weakened or lost before they are ready to harvest. With advance practices in breeding, the trees now grow from seed to maturity in one-third of the time required in 1954. Human lifs expectancy is much longer in 2004 than it was in 1954, yet three crops of trees may easily be grown and harvested in the span of a human life.

Many things are done ; ;. *ror.r, trees in 2004, while they still stand. Special hormone treatments give them wonderful qualities not dreamed of in 1951. A forester carries a hypodermic needle, instead of an ax. He can treat the trees with this needle to fit many desirable requirements. He can stain the fiber of the standing trees, desired colors and hues. He can treat the trees in a way that seasons the wood right on the stump. He can treat them so that the wood is stabilized and shrinking, checking, and expending after the trees become lumber, is eliminated.

Take logging, as *r. J"rJr"l, it ir, 2004. There is no similarity between logging now and in 1954. They no longer fall timber, or use axes or saws. The trees are pulled up by the roots by gigantic helicopters. Intricate electronic mechanisms set hooks and chokers from the air. The entire tree is lifted from the ground and carriedroots, limbs, trunk and all-to the mill of 2004. All the residue of the tree is brought in to be utilized in hundreds of different ways. An important feature of this type of logging is the nearly perfect elimination of fire hazards, and insect and disease breeding grounds. Remaining trees not ripe for use are allowed to develop and ripen in perfectly healthy surroundings. .*{<*

No damage is dore to the rest of the forest when such tree removal is accomplished. Formerly inaccessible areas are opened to the harvest, such as.steep mountain sides, deep canyons, and other ragged terrain where forests sometimes grow. The take in trees is thus increased. And everything useful and'valuable in the tree is saved and harvested. ***

The 2004 sawmill is not like that of 1954. The complete tree having been brought in by the helicopter is carried by remote control into the plant. First, the needles are stripped off by special methods, and carried away for special use. Then the limbs are bumped off and sent to naval store extraction and later to the pulping or hardboard departments. The roots are cut off and sent along with the limbs. The original tree goes to a debarker, and the bark is used in fertilizing processes.

Then, with X-ray showing the inner fiber of the log and television showing the outside, the sawyer is able to begin a precise, completely utilitarian division of the logfnstead of the old style saws and carriage the sawyer uses a powerful ray that cuts a beautifully fine line down through the log. There is no sawdust and no loss of kerf. The boards come off already smooth, edged, and dressed by the powerful, smooth bite of the superheated concentration of the cutting ray. This is the perfect lumber producing process. The lumber mill of Z}}4looks much like the atomic power plant of 1954, with its clean lines and laboratory-like working areas.

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The lumber is already stained, if staining is desired, already seasoned to exactly the condition desired. Most of the lumber is clear of knots and defects, due to the breeding processes. There have been wonderful advancement in glues, and wide boards are secured by perfect lamination processes. Atomic power operates the mill and all the mechanical processes.

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He finds that in 2004 they still cut much of the logs into boards and dimension. They have never been able to improve on such items for building. Houses are still built with wood framing, and structural lumber is in greater use than ever. No replacement has been found for beautiful wood paneling, so it is still in major use in 2004. Hardboard has become one of the greatest building items, being used for roofing, flooring, interiors, and exteriors of houses.

Construction is stream[".U. U"r,s of wood are almost entirely prefabricated, perhaps in the mill described a few paragraphs back. New rooms can be added to a home with little difficulty and expense. The paint and varnish industry have felt the hand of science also, and painted surfaces can be attained by one-coat that will seal, prime, and decorate. The wood has been treated perfectly while standing on the tree, as stated. It has likewise been made fire and disease resistant. Anything and everything that man wishes to be made from wood, can be had in ways that in 1954 would seem impossible, or at least miraculous. And so wood's ability to remain touchable even when exposed to high fire temperatures, is more definite and useful than ever.

So, Mr. Carr finds that in 2004, wood plays an infinitely greater part in the life of man than ever before. New uses for wood, new products undreamed of in 1954, are the order of the day in 2004. The end of mineral supplies of many kinds may be in sight in 2004, while the wood supply is continually growing, and is never-ending.

Years ago I heard . ,":o:in facetiously predict that the day would come when we would scientifically grow only square trees, and thus save waste that comes from sawing round logs into square boards; and that we would