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In recent years several plantations of large size have been established 

 in anticipation of a market for gum wood of merchantable size or for 

 poles, piles, and railroad ties. 



The plantation of Mr. Dwight Whiting at El Toro, Grange County, 

 now covering 1,000 acres, is the most extensive commercial plantation in 

 the State. Its oldest portions are now three years old. Planting will 

 be continued annually until a forest of 4,000 acres is established. The 

 plantation consists almost entirely of gray, red, and sugar gums. 



The Bixby Company of Long Beach has begun the planting of an 

 area of about 3,000 acres near Orange, Orange County. Blue, gray, 

 lemon and sugar gums, in varying proportions, will be used. 



The Santa Fe Railroad Company has recently acquired a tract of 

 8,600 acres in San Diego County, which will be devoted to Eucalyptus 

 production to supply the company with poles, piles, ties^ and other 

 timber. The gray, lemon, sugar and blue gums will be planted. 



The Union Lumber Company, located at Fort Bragg, Mendocino 

 County, is the first lumber organization to become interested in the 

 commercial planting of Eucalyptus. This company has cut over an 

 area of 10,000 to 15,000 acres of redwood during the course of its 

 operations. The logged redwood lands do not naturally restock with 

 merchantable timber, because space between stumps afford too much 

 entrance to lateral light, causing the production of limbs and hence 

 knotty timber. Eucalyptus will be planted between the clumps of 

 coppice shoots to cut off the lateral light and force the redwood second- 

 growth into height development. 



The Central Counties Land Company, which has recently acquired 

 extensive holdings on and near Clear Lake, Lake County, has begun the 

 propagation of blue and sugar gum seedlings for planting on its lands 

 both for ornamental and commercial purposes. 



The Pacific Electric Company and the Ontario Power Company have 

 recently acquired smaller tracts in Riverside and San Bernardino 

 counties, upon which they have begun planting with several species 

 of Eucalyptus to raise tie timbers and poles for electric wiring. Exten- 

 sive commercial planting is also being undertaken by many other com- 

 panies and individual landowners in several different sections of the 

 State. It is apparent that much greater attention to Eucalyptus plant- 

 ing may be expected in the near future. 



TIMBER UTILIZATION. 



Fuelwood. In Southern California the use of gum fuelwood has been 

 most general. Gum cordwood is a staple fuel and may be found on sale 

 in woodyards in most of the valley sections of the State. In the northern 

 valleys it is much less common than in Southern California, owing to 



