1,202 tree farms, with 9,866,938 acres, 

 in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Missis- 

 sippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 Texas, Tennessee, and Virginia. 



In general, Southern Pine Associa- 

 tion, through its conservation depart- 

 ment, advises members on individual 

 forestry problems; conducts timber- 

 production meetings, which show prac- 

 tical applications of harvesting and 

 logging methods; helps to establish 

 demonstrations of cutting practices; 

 provides an information service on na- 

 tional and State activities and legisla- 

 tion affecting forest lands ; and engages 

 in general education on forestry, in- 

 cluding a statistical service. 



THE WEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S 

 ASSOCIATION,, which represents leading 

 producers of Douglas-fir lumber, also 

 started a conservation department in 

 1934 to formulate and administer for- 

 est-practice rules for the region under 

 the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

 The Pacific Northwest Loggers' Asso- 

 ciation joined this activity, and a joint 

 committee on conservation was set up, 

 with representatives of both associa- 

 tions, the State foresters of Washington 

 and Oregon, the Federal foresters of 

 the region, and leaders of the two pri- 

 vate forest-fire associations. 



Although NIRA came to an end in 

 1935, the joint committee on forest 

 conservation has continued to function 

 without interruption. It has employed 

 up to five professional foresters. The 

 services of its staff have been made 

 available both to members and others. 



The committee has sponsored the 

 Tree Farm program in the Douglas-fir 

 region since 1941. By October 1948, 

 more than 2,744,155 acres of private 

 lands had been certified as tree farms. 

 Periodic inspections of the areas are 

 made to check forestry performance. 



At the same time, and partly to 

 implement the Tree Farm program, 

 the staff developed a cooperative in- 

 dustrial nursery at Nisqually, Wash., 

 which supplies members with seedlings 

 at cost. Thus, for the first time, a major 

 source of planting stock became avail- 



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since public nurseries were restricted 

 by law to use their seedlings for plant- 

 ing on public or farmer-owned lands. 

 By the end of 1947, the nursery had 

 shipped more than 17 million seed- 

 lings; orders for delivery in 1948 to- 

 taled 6 million. At an average rate of 

 500 seedlings to the acre, nonrestocked 

 lands replanted by the end of 1948 

 totaled more than 45,000 acres. 



The staff performs other services, 

 many advisory, such as: Cooperation 

 with State forestry departments re- 

 garding fire prevention, slash disposal, 

 fire-weather shut-downs, and similar 

 protection activities; assistance to pri- 

 vate operators regarding the cutting 

 problems, restocking, partial cuttings, 

 thinnings, and other silvicultural meas- 

 ures; and advice on reforestation, tax- 

 ation, and public timber sales. 



The committee serves also as a liai- 

 son body between private and public 

 agencies on matters of forest policy and 

 practice. 



THE WESTERN PINE ASSOCIATION 

 serves lumber manufacturers in an 

 area roughly equal to 35 percent of 

 continental United States. Its mem- 

 bers manufacture about 80 percent of 

 the lumber made in the area, chiefly 

 from the ponderosa, Idaho white, and 

 sugar pines. It was organized under its 

 present name in 1931, although prede- 

 cessor organizations date from 1906. 



The association has been instru- 

 mental in drawing up and adopting 

 forest-practice rules to be followed by 

 the industry. The rules have been re- 

 vised from time to time and, in 1945, 

 were published as handbooks for each 

 State in the region. 



By that and other means, the associa- 

 tion has encouraged the practical ap- 

 plication of principles of conservation 

 and sustained production of forest 

 crops. Today's forestry staff of four 

 members is double that of 10 years ago, 

 and expenditures in forestry activities 

 have tripled. Its committee on conser- 

 vation formulates forestry policies. 



Under this program, the association 



