is lvory Pine Compqny clt Dinubcl Finds fhe Secret of 'No-Woste' ls Art of Good Mill Housekeeping

Over 25,OOOTOOO Boord Feet of Lumber Mqrketed Annuqlly or Modern Mill

There is absolutely no waste of material, or manpower, at the well-organized, modern Ivory Pine Company mill at Dinuba, California. Every part and parcel, of each and every log, is completely used for lumber and five "fast'selling" by-products manufactured'by this up-to-date conC€rn.

First-the huge 40-acre plant is completely automatically controlled by various devices developed by executives and .production members of the 165-man staff. Starting with the timber crews in the Central California Sierras, where .two-way radio telephones keep loggers, "irrhistle punks," truckers and crew bosses in direct contact with the general ,offices at all times, on through to the cars and pickup trucks of the various department heads, the constant flow of logs is minutely supervised from the two harvest locations until the logs reach the mill at Dinuba.

, Second-from the time a log reaches the pond'at the mill, no waste is evident, as every part is used in the manufacture of Ivory Pine products. Starting with the bark

(when the log is automatically skinned), which is the basic ingredient for Ivory Orchid Bark, on through to the Wood Flour, five items (not including lumber) are produced and marketed by the Ivory Pine Company. Orchid Bark is accepted, used and in demand by leading orchid growers

EXECUTIVES of thc lvory Pinc Co., rhown in the photo obovc, orc (lcfi to righr) Fred Arndt, rolcs monogeriWoltqr LoCossc, o3sirlonl gencrol monoger; Pcler Fields, Purcho:ing ogenl cnd monager of byproducts; Tcrry Connclly, lroosurer, ond Al Cokc, shipping superinlendenf

SOfitE'OF THE EOUlPl,lENf urcd in tha mqnlfocturc of thc by-produdr is shosn in lhe photo monloga ot the lefi. Top lefi rccnc showr fhe incinerolor; rop righr, lho new conveyor .ystem being instollcd for the by-product:. fhc lorge photo ot the bottom 3how3 th. "Forcst Humus" hopper for lhr rocking ond looding of the producl

According to Edrvard P. Ivory, president of this progressive concern, over 2O/o of the annual gross sales of his comPany are represented in the various by-ltroducts manufactured and distributed by the firm.

In addition to Orchid Bark, Ivory Pine's new soil conditioner, Forest Humus, has been tested and approved by professional gardeners and nurserymen for the lawn or garden. Among its many salient features, it is called just the thing for florvers and also the control of lr'eeds. Forest llnmus is also distributed on a rvide basis and is gradually being accepted and used in the east and middle west. Its basic ingredient is sawdust, along lvith other elements developed at Ivory Pine.

Then comes the chips that make Fibreboard. Three to iour curs rtrc slrotte rl olt-track clnilr- to Lracl this lr-1'-1rrodttcl. anri nrsh it to thc nranrt iltctltrer. Thcsc citrs arc lo:rr'lctl :rntoln:tticrtlll', oI course. r.rsing a rler icc perfcctcrl :Ll tl-rc plunt. L'ar Strips (lathe) are:L prontittent itct.t.t:tlsr, irr cviclcrrcc, rrrr<1 gr:rclecl Sal-dust ar-rcl. liLst lrltt ttot lt:tst. \\'o,,rl 1;lour. \\'oocl Flour is used ilt the ntitttttiltctttrc ,f hutt<lrerls ot itenrs. inclucling plastic, telephr.rncs lrritl s1'nthctics ilr tuse rlailv throughout the [-Lritctl StlLtcs ;rtrcl othcr cortrltries. 'fhis reclar"nation oi u'astc h:ts lrcett itccotrtplislrerl rlLrring the past fes. vears throtrgh hltrrl n-orl< lLtrrl ttt:trkct stLtcil'. \\-hile this n'as goitrg on, thc 1c:tnr, cotrsistittg t,f r':Lriorts clepartment heads. nlts rrrlLkittg tittlc lttltl-tttotiotl strttlies tt., eliminate u-aste rii ltt[tl1l)()\\'cr. 'l'lris h:ts ]reetl accontplishe<1 almost 100/, throtlgh:ttlt.lltltti'rll, ('l c( )ul-sc. t() the edger-\\'here, \\'ith lt Ic\\' s()[t t()tlchcs ()ll lris ke,r.'c()ntr()1s, the oPerat()r triltls itrl(l sizcs cltcl-r piet:c oi lurllrcr m()\'irrg to the grit(liltg ch:tilt \\-hcre ltt.totltcr opcrirt()r. with a slight trtrn of his u rist. gr:I(1cs lt1l(l s()rts itll Iun.rlrer movinS' {rour the niill. }llrtcri:rl is thcrr :Iutonlaticall-\' stacke<l and 1)repare<l for kiln rlr-r'irrg ()r air dr-r-ing.

Tivervthing in this ttrt,tlcrtr- ttp-to-tl;tte plant is trlecharlize<1 :tntl conrlrlctelr':Ltttot.tt:rtic. -\t:t slight touch of a ker,lroiLrrl thc logs lLrt h,r'rlrrtrtliclrllv liftcd to the sa\\'Yer's carri;tgc. rrht'rt'tltt'r;tliotl::l;l!(':,,i tttirttufit.'tttrirrg st:rrl. This alrpelLrs t() l)c:t siruplc oper:rtirin (rl'ith ortlv lL fctr' ke,ys to l)unch) lrrrt it is lL skiilcd otle in rliakirrg sttrc thrtt thc rrrosl is tlcvcl,rltetl irotrr eacl-r 1og.

\\'hile all of this is goirrg ()rr (lllritrg thc tn'o-shift operatiorr, the planir.rg nrill is lrrcp:tring the linishctl ltrr.r.rber ior rnarkct. Thc rail c:rrs:Ire lrcirrr:1o:t<lc<l:Lncl the trtlcks are linecl u1r for overtrite l'tltts t, \ itl-i(,tls \\'csterll cities antl t()\\'r'rs. lllorvcrs;trt11 hollpcrs:trt ill full operation ancl. as the lrrirrrc l)r()(lt1ct is hantllc<l ltv thc vitrious tlllits t)f 11ro(1ern lllrchincr\', thc lrv-ltro<lucts are l)rel)are ci, sacked all(1 l()a.1erl ior shilrtlgrts trt <lc:tlcrs ltn<l <listril-rutors. Everr- steP oi prorlrrctiorr is arttonrlttic ltnrl ever-r- phase is sttpervise<1 1r-r' sl<illc<1 slrecialists.

The I r'r,r-r' l'ine ('r.rttrlrlllt\- administration zttlri lrrotltlctiotr strrfT is hcatletl b-r-l'resiclent ltclrlard I). Ivory' Thc tcltrrr is hclL<le<l lr-r'.f. \\'. "\\'alt" [,aCassc. lllarrt srtlrerirrtcrrrlctlt an<1 :rssist:tnt getrer:Ll nlaltager; T T. "'I-err-r"' ('ontlollv, trc:t- stlrer oi the firm an(l in charge of :tll accounting; Fred L. Arndt. ger"reral sales nr;inager; I'eter liield, sales promotion of bv-products, ancl \\-. .\. "-.\1" Coke, traflic and shipping. The automation features of the plant have lreen cleveloped and planned by departnrer.rt heu<ls alr(l 1)lant emploves. -\ const:int improvement program is undern'a,\' at ail tinres. Neu. sheds for storage are constructerl during the otf se:rson trl- the logging personnel. the hugc kilns are overhiLulerl :rncl the l)lant renovated. t'ithout increasing the frxerl overheacl.

"Good housekeeping and a thoroughly planned oper, ation is our definite key to customer service," said Mr. Ivory. "We &rave a 'time-study' program in progress at all times and we are ever alert to new ideas that will save time and labor. We produce all of our automatic devices right here at the plant, and they are assembled and placed in operation by the men who make our automatic system and schedule possible," he continued.

Ir-ory Pine Companr' lun.rber is <listrilrrrtecl in the Southlancl lry Sortthern Claliforuili l,unrlrer Sales, Nlonrovia. Iirosty Foster, sales man:rger oi this tlistrilruting firm, conrluctecl'fhe C AI-IFOI{NIA LUIIBI'-lt XII,.ItCTIAN'I representativc or.r the mill trip last month to olrtliirr sonrc picturcs lLncl the material for this articlc.

Port of the electricql syslem conlrolling the o ulomolic mill (left) Socking of groded sowdust (righr) in qnofher port of the "no-wqsle" operqtion qt the lvory Pine Co.