Log waste criticised
Investigations should be made into the utilisation of timber considered not suitable for milling, in the view of the Canterbury Central Farm Forestry Association. “There is a tremendous waste in logging operations,” the association’s president (Mr R. F. White) said at the annual meeting this week. “Overseas, you never see. such waste.” he said.
Mr White said one plantation in Mid-Canterbury, which had been damaged by wind, had 50 per cent of die logs left on the ground, yet the miller seemed quite satisfied with what he had salvaged. CHIP-BOARD MARKET
The District Conservator of Forests (Mr J. W. Levy) told the meeting there had to be a reasonably sized industry before much could be done with this class of timber. However, there was a possibility of the chip-board market improving in Canterbury. It would utilise such things as forest waste and thinnings. Mr Levy said there was a substantial quantity of timber in Canterbury—consid-
ered unsuitable for saw logs —which was not required at the moment, but outlets were being investigated.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32560, 20 March 1971, Page 18
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