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Tree Fqrm Forestry Notes 2Oth year, Soys C-Z Oftlciol

Tree farm forestry, one of the major conservation efforts of the century, celebrated its 20th anniversary during 1961 with more than 56 million acres of private forest lands enrolled in the voluntary program, according to Peter T. Sinclair, executive vice-president of Crown Zellerbach Corp.

Sinclair is also a member of trustees of American Forest Products Industries, Inc., national sponsors of the American Tree Farm System.

"Tree farming started in 7941 in the state of Washington with an initial enrollment of the 120,000-acre Clemons Tree Farm. In 20 years," Sinclair said, "it has become nationally recognized for pro- viding sound forest management on privately owned, tax producing forest lands in the United States."

The American Tree Farm System includes memberships in 47 ol the 50 states, with only Alaska, Hawaii, and Kansas not enrolled. Principals in the forest products industry of Canada have recently adopted the program and have extended the benefits of tree farming to the private owners of that nation.

"California," Sinclair said, "ranks 1Oth among the states with nearly 3 million acres enrolled in the program." In the Redwood Regiorr of California where tree farming is administered by the California Redwood Assn., 117 individual tree farms include 634,140 acres.

In_-tfre Pine Region of California, the program is administeted by the Western Pine Assn. with 2,206,096 acres certified to 22g individual owners.

"The success of the tree farm idea can be attributed to its appeal to people from all walks of life who own forest lands, and -inage these lands for continuous tree crops, at a profit.

"Not only is the forest industry of California and the nation suo- porting the progrant but teachers, doctors, servicemen, foresteis themselves from both government and private forestry organiza- tions, white collar lvorkers and laborers-among many ttheri-find tree farming rewarding and an enjoyable investment."

A tree farm is an area lvhich is either natural forest, or one which has been planted to trees. Under the American Tree Farm System, there are simple requirements which each tree farm must observe, Sinclair said.

_ The first requirement is that the acreage must be in private ownership, paying taxes, and mar.iage<i in such a manner that continuous tree crops can be harvested by the owner at a profit.

_.Secondly, the tree farmer must be protected from fire, insects, disease and other natural hazards. The third requirement siates thai there can be no grazing of livestock where the commercial forest area would be damaged by this form of use.

Wood Preservotives Increose

The 1960 Wood Preservation Statistics, compiled by Gordon D. Merrick of the U. S. Forest Service, show an increase of 1.6 million cubic feet of material treated with preservatives and fire retardants over the 1959 totals. The survey included information on the pro- duction activity of 359 wood-preserving plants, of which 274 luse pressure processes, 57 non-pressure processes and 28 are equipped for oth types of treatment.

During 1960, 93 percent of the total volume of. 216.1 million cubic feet of material was treated by pressure processes. While the use of straight creosote decreased, use of creosote-coal tar solutions increased nearly 8 million gallons or 26 percent. Creosote or creosote solutions were used for 70 percent of the material treated, petroleum- pentachlorophenol for l9 percent and creosote-pentachlorophenol solution for 4 percent. All other preservatives and fire retardants were used for 7 percent of the material. Material given fire retardant treatment totaled approximately 1.2 million cubic feet, an increase of 14 percent over 1959.

The production of crossties and poles increased slightly (2 per- cent), but-the proportions of other materials were approximately-the same as 1959; lumber and timbers, 18 percent; piling, g perient; fence posts, 6 percent; switch ties and crossarms, e"ch 2 petcenti and miscellaneous materials, 3 percent.

The use of liquid preservatives in 1960 totaled 196,000,562 gallons, a 2 percent increase, and consumption of solid preservatives wai 23,292,236 pounds, representing a decrease of 5 percent.

Compilation of the Wood Preservation Statistics is made oossible by the cooperation of the wood treating plants that furnish the basic data.

A 55-year.old match factory built of California redwood still stands in Mazatlan, Mexico, although other wooden buildings in the area are soon ravaged -by termites and decay.

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