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...Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington State. He conducts the Government's business from an office in the hamlet of Enumclaw (pop. 2,788), just seven minutes' walk from his home. And on a salary of $6,140 a year, and with two permanent assistants, he manages a timber operation that turned a profit of $631,884.88 last year...
...Montana and has been selectively cut. This particular area is owned by the state of Montana and was cut by J. Neils Lumber Co. under provisions of the state contract requiring removal of trees to certain diameter limits. Our silvicultural program for company lands does not permit cutting the timber so heavily. If the area had been cut as indicated in your picture, removing the dead, overaged and damaged trees only, the stand remaining would have been at least five times as great as what is now left on this area...
Said Khrushchev last week: "It is said that there is little rain there. Many will have to go to completely open country where no amenities are available. In many regions there is no timber [but] Kazakhstan is very rich in reed plants. This is very good material for the construction of houses." For the fainthearted, Khrushchev had a word of warning: "We will see you off with honor, but we won't welcome you back with joy. You must settle there firmly, once and forever. For this purpose it is desirable that you should marry there...
Credit for the idea goes largely to the Weyerhaeusers. As far back as the turn of the century enlightened lumbermen talked of timber as a steady crop instead of something to be mined like gold. But no one did much in an organized way until 1941, when dwindling U.S. lumber reserves, new wood-using industries, and the increased needs of World War II gave the idea a boost. For a starter, Weyerhaeuser planted the first 120,000 acres of logged-over ground near Montesano, Wash, with Douglas fir seedlings, and sat back to watch them grow to logging size...
Spurred by many new uses for wood, U.S. lumber production last year hit a near record of 36 billion board feet. Yet the loggers promise that there will be more timber in the U.S. in the future than there is now. "Our big problem," says Arthur W. Priaulx of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, "is to get the idea across to the little guys. They can realize $25 an acre every year by tree farming, more than they can make by putting the same land into pasture." Those who have tried it agree. Says one timber-wise farmer...