History of Pasl Month in Government Forest Work 



Veneer Stock Probabl y . n branch of 

 in 1905 forest utilization, with 



the possible exception of 

 the manufacture of pulpwood, shows 

 such rapid development in this coun- 

 try as the veneer industry. Until very 

 recently the opinion has prevailed that 

 the kinds of timber which could be 

 made into veneer were very limited 

 in number, but the reports furnished 

 by the veneer producers to the Forest 

 Service include 24 species. Many of 

 these, to be sure, are now cut in un- 

 important quantities, but the tendency 

 to experiment with new woods is clear- 

 ly shown. 



The following statement as to the 

 kinds and quantities of wood used for 

 the manufacture of veneer stock in 

 1905 is compiled from the reports fur- 

 nished to the Forest Service by 93 

 firms. It should be noted that the total 

 amount of wood used, 138,646,000 

 feet, is in log measure. As the amount 

 of lumber actually cut from the log 

 averages about 20 per cent greater 

 than the log measure, it is safe to say 

 that the timber used for veneer stock 

 would have made some 166,000,000 

 feet of ordinary lumber. 



Wood used for veneer slock. 



All species for which a total cut of 

 less than 1,000,000 feet was reported 

 are tabulated, together with mixed 

 timber, under the heading "Other spe- 

 cies," which includes sycamore, tupe- 

 lo, chestnut, hickory, pecan, butternut, 

 cherry, spruce, cypress, hackberry, lo- 

 cust, and willow. 



Reserve Tl ] e demand ^r lodge- 



Timber Sales P ole P in e ties by the 

 western railroads, which 

 prefer them to any other because of 

 the ease with which they take preser- 

 vatives, has greatly increased the mar- 

 ket value of the Rocky Mountain for- 

 ests in northern Colorado, Wyoming, 

 eastern Idaho, and southern Montana, 

 where lodgepole pine is the predomi- 

 nant tree. These forests are largely 

 within existing or proposed national 

 forest reserves, and are consequentlv 

 under government control, so that the 

 Forest Service has felt the need of 

 preparing plans to permit the sale of 

 such mature timber in them as may be 

 safely spared. During the past year a 

 working plan was completed for about 

 46,000 acres in the Wyoming Division 

 of the Medicine Bow Reserve. 



It was found in the first place that 

 the protective value of the forest as a 

 cover for the watersheds is so great 

 that any utilization of the timber crop 

 must be subordinated to it. Through- 

 out the region the control of stream 

 flow by the forest cover is the prime 

 consideiation. 



The mining industry, which is of 

 high importance, will not be hampered 

 by the disposal of reserve timber, since 

 all the mining claims located in or 

 near the tract include timber sufficient 

 for the needs of the owners. The pres- 



