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of the best forestry possible before the nation can get onto a sustained 

 annual-yield basis, which will supply enough timber for our needs. 

 "The best forestry possible" means an almost unlimited expenditure 

 of money for reforestation, improvement cuttings, preparation of roads 

 for intensive utilization, etc. The phrase also means that all present 

 forests will be handled on forestry principles (and preferably by 

 foresters). 



It is evident that a severe timber shortage, covering a period of fifty 

 to one hundred years, will surely occur. It wnll be the period between 

 the year when the depletion of the present virgin stands is completed 

 and the year when our rebuilt devastated forest areas come to bearing. 

 There is every reason for believing, too, that the present virgin stands 

 will be practically gone in 1980, as was figured by the United States 

 Forest Service last year. 



The outlook for adequate timber supplies of the near future is not 

 very encouraging. 



