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WESTERN RED CEDAR

KIIN DRIED DOUGTAS FIR UPPERS

KILN DRIED REDWOOD UPPERS

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chairnran of the Strrte Roartl of l-orestrl', fclr his 2,'i80-acrc E. T. ltobie Nlenrtirial Tree Farm ne:rr ()riclt. \\rallier l:!. Tille,r', right, fr.,rcstcr for llasonite, receivecl a ccrtihcatc for his ou-n 100-acrc trec farrn near Albion. Seatc<1, ccnter, is Ciray (i. Ev:urs, president of the Redr'r,ooci Ileg-ion l-oggirrg Coriference.

Kiln Drying Methods Report Shows Higher Vqlued Dimension

flethotls of clrying young-growth Douglas I'-ir to prttdttce higher-valucrl clin-rension lttrnber thich costs less to shill and r'vill not st:rin or rnolcl in transit u.trc tolcl at the annual nreeting of the \\Iestern Kiln clubs at 1'.urelia, Calif., last montl.r.

Ilruce (i. Anclerson, woocl technologist at the Oregon liorest Products l-aboratory, said results of a two-year study of l<iln-clrying young grou.th Douglas Fir clin.tcnsion lttrnbcr show this r.r-ratcrial can bc dried to 12 to 18 per cent t-uoistttre content rvithorrt excessivc <legrade. Such lumber costs less to sl.rip because it rveighs less.

Thc increasetl retttrns fron-r kih'r-clrie<i lr-rr-nber tcrttl to offset the addecl expense of <1rying, but each rnill opcrator must revieu'his ou,n costs to assess the value of kiln-<lrying to his operration, reportecl Anderson.

N'lasonite 'frce Farm is the largest in the Iledwoocl region. Russell Johnson, Union Lumber Companv, chairman of the CllA Tree Farm Corlrnittee, presents a certificate to Wendell Robie, prcsident of the Auburn Lumber Company ancl vice-

The study, which shou.s degrade iunounts ancl causes during r.arious kiln scheclules ; shrinkagc, loss in u'cight and an anall'sis of increased returns to the rrrill from drying clirnension Iumber, is available from the Oregon Forest Products Laboratory at Corvallis in a report, "Seasoning ancl \{achining Degrade in Young-growth Douglas Fir Dirnension Lnmber."

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