Facts dnd Fisu res On American T ree Planting

The U. S. Forest Service has recently issued a bulletin on commercial tree planting in the United States up to and including the year 1945, which shows interesting facts and figures.

In 1945 the tree plantings totalled 138,944 acres.

Previous to 1945 total tree plantings amounted to 6,344,688 acres.

Total tree plantings including 1945, 6,483,632 acres.

Total successful tree plantings, 4,243,788 actes.

Total tree plantings that failed of success, 2,239,844 actes.

It will be seen that more than one-third of the commercial trees that have been planted, failed to "take" for various reasons, weather, soil, disease, etc.

The report shows a staggering amount of replanting of trees still to be done, something like 75 million acres in all that need planting, 44 million of which are on farms. To do the farm planting job alone in the next forty years about one billion seedlings would have to be produced annually in the United States. The bulk of all forest tree seedlings are produced in state-operated nurseries.

The biggest year for seedling production on record was 1941, when 70 state nurseries in 42 ditrerent states produced 98 million forest tree seedlings; showing what a big job of tree planting and seedling raising lies ahead of us. Demand for seedlings is far greater than supplies every year. Some new nurseries are being planned by the Forest Serv- ice in states that are getting increased forestry appropriations. The U.S. Forest Service has about $124,000 a year with which to cooperate in this production program, which is very small when the size of the job is considered, and still less from a viewpoint of its importance.

In 1945 the states put about $687,000 into state production of forest tree seedlings for farmers, with another $338,000 spent on production of forest seedlings for non-farm planting, industry lands, state lands, municipal watersheds, etc.

Taken altogether, the work that is being done, while admirable, is infinitesimal in contrast with that which looms ahead.

Orphcn Children To Be Entertcined

By Scrn Francisco Lumbermen's Club

San Francisco Lumbermen's Club will eniertain the children from a San Francisco orphanage at their Christmas Party, to be held at the Palace Hotel on Tuesday, December 17, at noon.

Frank O'Connor will act as Santa Claus, and Committee Chairman Dick Mussallem anonunces that the services o{ Jo-Jo the clown and his party have been secured for the entertainment of the children. A big attendance is t'x' pected for this event.

Much of our success in life and business is due to the loyal cooperation of our friends and customers in the iumber trade, so we take this opportunity to express our appreciation and to wish you one and all