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Forestry Alvard for 1956. The letter follorvs:

Dunvegan Castle Isle of Skye

Dear Clansman:

I rras verv proud to hear from your olcl friend ancl ottr San Francisco presiclent. \'Ir. Dr-rncan Nfcleod, of the great honor vou have brought to Clan Mcleod by s'inning the .Western Forestrv As'ard for 1956. As chief of our great Clan I have the greatest pleasure in offering to you our very sincere congratulations. I am snre December 6 n'iil count as a red letter day in your life and in the lives of your farnily. I r,vould love to see sonlc of the famous trees of West California, antl r-ery n.ruch should I like one day

TWX tA I 162 to r,velcome you to Dunvegan. Yours ve11. sincerel;-, s,/ Flora Macleod oi llacleorl.

Mr. N{cleod lr,as piped into the dining rootn oi the Empress hotel by James Robertson Nlarrs cif Victoria u'earing the Royal Stuart tartan. Marrs rvzrs pipe major oi the Canadian Scottish Regiment overseas in \\'orld War II. The head table and friends of George N{cleod from California wore the N'IcLeod tartan as pocket handkerchiefs.

Douglas Fir Plantings May Invade Redwood Region

Artilicial replanting in the coastal redrvood region may do n'eil to consider the introduction of nrore l)ouglas fir in the stands than redu.ood, suggestecl Walker Tilley, XIasonite Corporation, Ukiah, Calif., in :rddressing tree farowers and l:rnd managers meeting at the 47tl.r annual \\.estern Forestrl'Conference.

Because Douglas fir has more v:ilue for pulping and for dimensional lrrmber and equals or exceecls redn'ood stumpage prices, it rnight be a better financial bet, he said. Young grou'th redr,r'ood is very lorv in clears :tnd has tnltch less heartn'ood, n'hich removes it from toclay's major reclu'ood iumber markets, he pointed out.

Tillev, delivering a paper preparecl by Ro1' G. \\':rgner of the sanle company, said that an zrnrbitious program of tree planting had been carriecl on by the recll'ood forest indtrstry in 1922, l'hen clear cutting l'a.s at its hcight' In a 1O-year period, about 13 million trees n'ere set out ()n 26,400 acres at :r cost of approximately $23'{,000' About 80/" of tire trees u'ere recln'ood and 10/c l)ouglas fir. Disappointing results and the depressicin causecl alllrrlclonnlent of the program. he said.

Redwood manag'ers, however, now believe that if a reasonable seed source is provided, the redwood forest will restock itself. Generally a 5 to l0-year period is required to complete the process. No less than 4O trees per L0 acres, at least 24 inches in diameter, should be left. Light selective cuttings aren't as favorable for good reproduction. The newly established forest usually shows an increase in percentage of Douglas fir, Tilley's paper continued.

Secondary burns offer the best opportunity for artificial planting. Plantings should be made before brush takes over. Broadcast seeding is lowest in cost, but has given indifferent results. Other forms of spot seeding haven't shown up too well. With a Mcleod tool, costs of seeding are from $20 to $24 an acre. Nursery stock plantings cost up to $30 an acre, said Tilley. Douglas fir has shown good survivals.

Redwood Thinnings to Be Limited

Lack of more extensive thinning.work in second-growth redwood stands is due to the absence of a market for small trees, declared Russel Johnson, Union Lumber Co., Fort Bragg, Calif., at the 47th annual Western Forestry Conference.

"Areas now growing post, pole and pulp size trees are those most in need of thinning. In a thinning experiment conducted by Union Lbr. Co., we removed about 180 trees per acre in diameter classes f.rom 4to 10 inches breast height, plus 30 trees 12 to 30 inches in diameter. These trees, per acre, yielded 1500 good grade and 750 low grade 7-foot fence posts. Total posts per acre removed was to 2250; cubic footage totaled about 2500. About 9000 cubic feet per acre remained in 'leave' trees," reported Johnson.

Masonite Corp., Ukiah, and Gualala Redwoods Tree Farm, Gualala, have done considerable harvesting of second-growth on a sustained yield basis, said Johnson. The former removed about half the number of trees per acre and two-thirds the volume, using the trees for chipping at its Masonite plant.

Redwood has not been used to any extent as a pulping species, other than in the Masonite process, stated Johnson. Until such time as pulp plant capacity in and adjacent to the Redwood Region increases to a point where economically available sawmill, veneer and logging residues won't supply plant needs, there likely will not be a market for second-growth thinnings, he added.

Johnson credited Emanuel Fritz, University of California, for showing the growth potential in second-growth redwood stands. One 65-year-old pure redwood stand, in a one-acre plot, increased from 140,000 to 191,000 bd. ft. per acre in the period 1923-1933; in 1943 the stand had a volume of 223,400 bd. ft. per acre. For 1953 volume is about 240,000 bd. ft. The average annual growth for 100 years would be about 2450 bd. ft. per acre per year. From 1923 to 1943, about 68 trees died, a yield not realized because of lack of markets.

Johnson mentioned early planting work with eucalyptus and redwood. Survivals were too low. Hardwood utrlization offers some possibilities; IJnion Lumber tried tan oak and madrone in 1910 and 1911. There are now 40 tree farms in the Redwood Region, with 330,000 acres, said Johnson, who mentioned cooperative fire suppression agreements and cooperative fire season aerial patrols as progressive steps.