MILLING OF TIMBER

Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1933, Page 3

MILLING OF TIMBER

EXPERIMENTS to be made CHRISTCHURCH, July 16. Experiments in the milling of timber and particularly 0 f forest thinnings, are to be carried out in the near future by the State Forest Service at; cording to an announcement made last night by fhe Commissioner of State Forests (the Hon. E. A Ransom). Mr Ransom said that Mr A. J. En,trican, of the Forestry Department, had recently visited Great Britain to extend the market for Southland beech, and spent, some time in Norway and Sweden making exhaustive enquiries into the various methods of milling ■ exotic forests and thinnings.. The Minister said he had received a comprehensive report from Mr . Entrican which showed that many developments were possible in the milling industry. With modern 'methods, for instance, it was possible to mill the timber when it was still very young; speaking, from: he believed that ithe average fLlie of the timber, milled jn Sweden was about four inches at the smaller end; ■ . f ... \ The • effect of these 'new .. methods 1 of milling was that, the timber could; |be used for. lumber purposes instead' of merely for pulping. , . , Mr Ransom mentioned . that , he' had lately let a contract for the..millingl, of' some thinnings in; .the State: forest areas at Taumarunui.