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Northern California Southern Pacific Trce Farms Dedicated

man of the California State Board of Forestry; and Walter Johnson, president of the 'Western Pine Association.

Mr. Johnson, in presenting the tree farm certificates to Young, said Southern Pacific Tree Farms are the largest in California.

"This ceremony marks the most progressive step Southern Pacific has 'taken in the management of its timber lands," Young said in a speegh of welcome to the more than 90.guests who attended.

Certification of Southern Pacific Tree Farms by the Western Pine Association increased tree farm acreage in California by one-third from 1,200,000 acres to 1,600,000 acres, Rosecrans said.

Dean Baker spoke on the value of scientific management of forest lands.

"Tree farming means the management of forest lands on a sustained yield basis," he said. "ft involves profitable use of the land for its owners, without impairment to the land's natural resources."

A total of 4Z5,ON acres of land in northern California was dedicated as Southern Pacific Tree Farms Thursday, July 31, in a ceremony near Minersville attended by state and federal conservation officials, and representatives of the lumber industry and the raiiroad.

The land is divided into six tree farm units located in eight counties. Much of it is virgin forest, according to Louis Frandsen land commissioner of the raiilroad.

The six units, their acreage and location, are:

'Irinity River unit, 150,000 acres in Trinity County; Scott River unit, 35,000 acres, Siskiyou County; Feather Falls unit, 15,000 acres, Butte and Plumas Counties; Yuba River unit, 65,000 acres, Sierra, Nevada, and Placer Counties; Sacramento River unit, 120,000 acres, Shasta and Trinity Counties; and Mt. Shasta unit, 4O,000 acres, Siskiyou County.

The dedication ceremony was held on a site in the Trinity River unit. Speakers included L. B. Young, president of Southern Pacific Land Co. and assistant to the president, Southern Pacific Co.; Frederick S. Baker, dean of the school of forestry, University of California; W. S. Rosecrans, chair-

Among officials who attended the dedication were DeWitt Nelson, state forester of California, and Deputy State Forester John Calishan; Robert Leavitt, supervisor of Trinity National Forest; Roberts E. Jones, supervisor of Shasta National Forest; J. J. Prendergast and E. D. Hardison, members of the state board of forestry; J. K. Holly, R. B. Chancellor and. I. Karrer, Trinity County supervisor; C. H. Laffranchini, Trinity County tax assessor and collector; Walter Rountre.r, deputy attorney general of California; William Schofie!d. secretary of the Califor:nia Redwood Association; and F. B. Magruder, tax commissioner of the Southern Pacific Co.

Ncmred Sales Promotion Representcltive

Appointment of Jack Cutsforth to the newly created post of sales promotion representative with Valley Plywood Co. and Western Veneer Ce., Eugene, Oregon, has just been announced by Harold R.. Jones, company partner.

Cutsforth brings to his job some eleven years of pracfrral experience in the building trades and in the lumber industrv. He is a graduate of Oregon State College with major study in business administration and technology. During World War II he served as navigator in the 8th Air Force with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.