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Lurrser Production for Third Qucrrter oI 1948

Lumber production for the third quarter of 1948 reaclted the highest peak for that period since the time when such records were begun in 1936, according to the statistical department of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

Figures, released today, show 10.38 billion board feet as the amount recorded. This is more than was produced during the same three months of. 1942, the peak war year. The total output for the first nine'months of 1948 now stands at approximately 28 billion feet.

"If the present demand continues," Mr. R. A. Colgan, Jr., Executive Vice President of the Association, said, "we shall exceed all production records for the past 30 years."

The Vice President added, "With production at this high level, there is an increased demand for trees, thus giving land owners an added incentive to protect their woods and forests. It also stimulates cohtinuing improvement of forest resources by causing owners of both large and small tracts to manage their holdings so as to yield a continuous tree crop."

"IJnder the present Tree Farm Program, sponsored by the forest industries, we will soon reach the point where we are literally growing all the trees that are cut for use," Mr. Colgan added. At present the program functions in 21 states and embraces more than 15 million acres of private commercial forest lands. Under the plan, individual land owners pledge to manage and protect their holdings in accordance with industry-approved standards of sound forestrv.

Ed Nolzigcr