Sierro-Coscqde Logging Conference Heors Top Speokers

Sacramento, Calif.-Forest improvement work can be "profitable, but we need to know more about our young forests, the properties of young-growth wood and the prospects of future markets to properly plan this work, said Professor Dietrich Muelder on the opening day of the Sierra-Cascade Logging Conference here Feb. 14. He is a visiting professor of forestry from Germany now on the stafi of the University of California School of Forestry.

Great progress in forestry in California was predicted at the Conference by Charles A. Connaughton, regional forester, United States Forest Service. He contrasted this state's forestry development with that of the South, where he was regional forester before coming to California. Forest , protection from fire, insects and disease in California is already, in some respects, ahead of the South, Connaughton said. He declared that the opportunities for forest management are being recognized.

California has the wood resource and the water to permit a great expansion of its wood pulp industry, Paul Bonderson, California State Water Pollution Control Board, told the loggers at the Conference. An important factor will be the treatment and disposal of waste, he said. The state now has six pulp mills with a total capacity of 52I tons per day.

Chipboard is the newest and fastest growing wood product in America today, the loggers were told on the second day of the Sierra-Cascade Logging ,Conference. Bru,ce .Jones, research. director of the Shasta Plywood division, U.S. Plywood Corporation, said that seven years ago the product was non-existent. By the end of 1956, at least 50 plants were actively producing or nearing completion. Jones outlined the various methods for producing chipboards and told of their use for decorative panels and in the manufacture of furniture. He said that progress is being made toward the development of a panel for exterior use.

Modern loggers are faced with steep country logging

Mr. Monoger

l. At whqt price would you hove to sell cal item costing $83.30 per M in order to mqke lB% gross profit on sqles?

2. By whcrt percentoge would you hove to mcrk up the cost of qn item to moke 26% gross prolit on soles?

3. How much Eross profit on sales would you moke if you morked up your cost by 197"?

4. If you wont to net$106.00 per M lor cm item AFTER cllowing cr 57" qucrntity discount crnd cr 2% cqsh discount, crt whot price must you list it before discount?

5. If your normol gross profit is 25% onqn item, ond you reduce your price by 2%, by whoit percentoge hcve you cut your gross profit?

6. If the mqrket price for qn item is $120 ond your competitor quotes o price on o lorge order of $114, whot quccntity discount is he ollowing?

7. Whot would your qverqge gross-prolit percentcge be if B0% of your totol sqles were cqrlocrd soles (@ 5% prolit) ond the bolonce were ycnd soles (@ 20% profit)?

opproximotely how mony pieces would this be?

How mcny pieces ol 48x96x%" Sheothing mctkes qminimum load of 40.000 pounds?

How mony door laces ore there in 5000 sq. ft. of size 24x80?

To determinq the net price ol on item alter choin discounts of 25, 10 ond 57.. you multiply your cost times whot?

Whct is the net figure ofter toking

6. Your list price is $118.00 Frer M; your quontity discount is 5%your customer wcmts to know, I "Whqt is the net price to me?"

Mr. Shlpping Clerk

l. How mqny cubic feet ol space would you need lor shipping cr n stock of plywood {8" high, o{ size 48x96, 48x72, or 48x120?

2. How mqny pieces of 48x96x%" soltwood plywood con you lood on q truck thot ccrr houl 40,000 pounds?

3. How much does I sq. It. oI s/a" plywood weigh?

4. How much does 2700 sq. ft. of softwood plywood' %" thick weigh?