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Lumber Seqsoning Courses Announced

Two sessions of a six-day course in lumber seasoning r.vill be offered on the West Coast this fall according to a joint announcement by F. E. Dickinson, director of the California Forest Products Laboratory, ancl L. D. Espenas, acting director of Forest Products Research at the Oregon Forest Research Center. The first will be held in Corvallis, Oregon, beginning November 30, while the other r,vill be held in Richmond, California, beginning December 7.

The two courses will be similar in organization, content and cost. Cooperating with the California laboratory are the Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station and the School of Forestry, University of California. The Pacific Northwest Forest incl Range Experiment Station and the School of Forestry, Oregon State College, are cooperating with the Oregon laboratory. The U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, is cooperating with both organizations in providing course materials.

The course content is aimed primarily for the benefit of kiln operators. but personnel from management, super- visory and sales staffs should find attendance profitable as well as interesting, and they are encouraged to attend. The instruction will consist of lectures, demonstrations, laboratory exercises, and actual operation of the drying equipment at the host laboratory.

In the interest of effective instruction, enrollments will be limited to 30 persons and applications will be accepted in the order received. Both coirises will be conducted on a non--profit basis, rvith a fee of $75 a person being charged to defray only the actual costs. Application forms ancl additional information may be obtained by writing to Department of Conferences and Special Activities. Universitrr Extetrsion, 2441 Bancroft Way, Berkeley 4, California, regarcl- ing the course starting December 7,:or to the Oregon Forest Research Center, P.O. Box 57I, Corvallis, Oregon, regarding the course starting November 30.

SWIM Repofis Income Rise

Southwest Lumber Mills, Inc., enjoyed a 627/o increase in net income before taxes during the 3-month period ended J_"Jy St, according to a quarterly report releaied by J.B. Edens, president. Net income before taxes during the quar- ter totaled $591,351, the report noted. This is Jn inciease of $510,009 over the $81,342 reported for the corresponding period in 1958.

Southwest Lumber Mills, one of the nation's largest lumber-producing firms, maintains general offices in Phoenix, and regional sales offices in Chicago. Plants are in McNary and Flagstaff.