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A giant machine designed to help prevent waste and to conserve the redwood forest was unveiled Friday, April 9th by the Union Lumber Company at Fort Bragg, Calif.

The machine, a Bellingham hydraulic log barker, is the first of its kind to be installed in the Redwood Region. Operated on water pressure of up to 1500 pounds per square inch, the machine strips the bark from the log, leaving unscathed the wood beneath.

Specially adapted for use with redwood timber, the barker is located on company property and draws its supply of water from an artificial lake at Pudding Creek. The installation 'ivas completed at a cost to the company in excess of $600.000.

Despite the large capital outlay, the company expects tl-re giant to pay for itself in a few years through closer utilization and increased efficiency.

"Tire effects on our timber reserves are far reaching," according to Executive Vice President Russell Johnson. "The life of the company's old growth timber will be extended by the barker as a result of realizing more lumber-and less waste-from the same log scale."

He pointed out that from a conservation standpoint, the barker r,r'ill "greatly aid the young trees in the forest to get a good start and put on growth."

"Bark," he said, "will not be left on the ground in the woods, and thus the future fire hazard is reduced. Reduction of the fire hazard affords a better opportunity for the trees which are left as growing stock and seed trees. as well as the young sprouts and seedlings, to survive in good grorvirrg condition.

Tl.re barker is a culmination of a long-range research program which had its beginnings in 1944. Full-scale investigations of various types of barkers in current use elser,vhere were begun in 194B. Redwood logs were shipped to a number of installations for testing.

Even when the type of barker was determined, a number of modifications and innovations were necessarv before