(AtiMuiiiin Fore^liij Journal, October, 1917 



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TOY MAKERS USE PLANING 

 MILL WASTE 



That a market for virtually all of 

 the waste of a planing mill is to be 

 had for the seeking is evidenced in 

 the occasional bringing to light of 

 what is being done by some planing 

 mill managers in various sections of 

 the country. The latest has to do 

 with a planing mill in the Northern 

 States. In turning out some of its 

 products waste blocks of various 

 sizes were numerous and served to 

 furnish all the fuel required for the 

 plant. This material had a fuel 

 value of $3 a ton. 



One day a visitor looked the plant 

 over, noted the waste blocks and 

 began to figure out the number of 

 them in a ton. He offered the man- 

 ager $17 a ton for all the waste of 

 that character turned out. A con- 

 tract was made and the visitor in- 

 formed the manager he was a toy 

 manufacturer and that the blocks 

 purchased would cost him less than 

 half of what it cost him to make 

 them. The mill manager immediate- 

 ly placed his thinking cap in order, 

 secured samples of all the planing 

 mill waste, called on other toy manu- 

 facturers and before returning home 

 found a market for all the waste 

 about the plant except the sawdust. 

 The final result is that the sale of 

 the waste purchases all the coal need- 

 ed for the plant and leaves a profit 

 averaging $300 a month to the com- 

 pany. 



A little analysis of the waste pro- 



ducts about the saw and planing 

 mills would soon prove that much of 

 the material going to the slab pit 

 has an excellent commercial value. 



PROFIT IN TREE GROWING 



"The growing of timber can be 

 made a commercial success. In 16 

 years mine props and fence posts can 

 be harvested. In 26 to 36 years tim- 

 ber large enough to produce paper 

 bolls can be grown. It will thus be 

 seen that large corporations which 

 make paper, for instance, can be in- 

 duced to reforest large areas and thus 

 insure an adecjuate supply of pulp 

 paper for their future needs. The 

 value of the wood will justify the 

 carrying charges." — Dean Baker, Neu> 

 York State, College of Forestry. 



FORESTS SELF-SUSTAINING 



The report of the L'nited States 

 Forest Service for the fiscal year 

 ending June 30 last, will show that 

 the national forests are now almost 

 s^lf-su staining. Receipts during the 

 last fiscal year aggregated about $3,- 

 450,000, mostly from timber sales 

 and permits for grazing, water power 

 development and other purposes, 

 compared with a total cost of oper- 

 ating the national forests of about 

 $4,000,000. Those in touch with the 

 situation predict that during the 

 current fiscal year the national for- 

 ests will probably pay all expenses 

 from the proceeds of their operation. 



