Experimental

Forest Established in California

A 6,000 acre laboratory, known as the Swain Experimen- tal Forest, where forestry experiments and reseirch can be carried on, has been established near Westwood in the Lassen National Forest by order of the chief forester in Washingto_n, according to word received today by S. B. Show, U. S. regional fbrester for California.

The tract contains over 3,000 acres of red and white fir timberland on which both mature and s,mall trees are available_ for future experiments in forestry methods of timber cutting, logging and slash disposal. One-fifth of the area is covered with brush fields, the result of repeated fires. Here reforestation will be undertaken by the-planting of stock grown at the Forest Service nursery at -Susanville, in order to convert these brush fields into commercial forest.

.I,,ater, one or more portions of the experimental forest will be selected and designated as "natural forests" and will be left unmolested for the purposes of s,cientific study. The Swain Experimental Foreit will be under the supei- vision of the California Experiment Station of the U. S. Forest Service.

Softwood lmports During February

_ According to figures supplied by the Section of Customs Statistics of the Department of Commerce to the Lumber Division, softwood impo{s into the United States by spe- cies during February, 1932, were as follows:

Softwood sawed boards, planks, deals and sawed timber,_dutiabl.,; ltr board feetl from Canada: fir, 8,34O,00O; Lemlock, 725,W; spruce, 6,282,W; pine, 2,44O,00O; from !fe1m1ny: o_f spruce, 249,ffi; from Mexico: of pine, 43,- 000; from Poland: of spruce, 69,000; from Sweden: of spruce, 42,W. There were no transactions in larch under this class. Total imports of this class from Canada were 17,787,ON board feet.

Softwood-boards, planks and deals in the rough or planed and dressed on one-side, free of duty, in boar? feet, from Canada: fir, 1,223,000; hemlock, N,6dO; spruce, 8,1i5,00O; and pine, 3,069,000. There were no tranJactions in larch under this class. Total imports of this class were 12,427,000 board feet, all from Canada.

Other kinds of softwood sawed boards, planks, deals, and sawed timber exc-epting that of fir, hemlock,'spruce, pT-e ?n4 larch, free of duty, in board feet, from 'Canada: 1,334,000.

Total February 1932 imports of softwood sawn and dressed lumber and timber from Canada were 31.54B.000 board feet while in February 1931 they amounted to'45,830,000, while for January l93Z amointed to 28,311,m feet.

A Clean Plant-for Safety's Sake!

The lumberman who seeks to provide adequate protection for the value of his plant and business is not content merely with full coverage insutance. ICs equally important to keep FIRE out-to preserve the property-to prevent any loss. Safety demands that you guard against every known fire risk-and one of the fundamentals of protective vigilance is a clean plant-immune to all the ordinary causes of fire.

Lumber Mutual Insurance is designed to prevent fire if possible, to pay losses fairly and promptly, to reduce insurance cost-all for the benefit of the Lumber fndustry. 'We preach a clean plant for safety's sake.

Ask any of our companies about our specia)ized protection in policies and, fi|e preoention, anil about the diaidends which substantially reiluce insurance cost.

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