Effect of Fire Protection and Forest Planting on Balance Sheet Miscellaneous Tables and Descriptive Material. List of Volume Tables for Use in Compiling Volumes of Plots Cruised Generalized Table of Cubic-Foot Volumes Computation of Board-Foot-Cubic-Foot Ratio of Average Sized Trees Distribution of Sawtimber Volume by Log Position. Summary of Volumes and Growth Rates on Sample Plots in Even-aged Natural Summary of Volumes and Growth Rates on Sample Plots in Forest Plantations Characteristics and Principal Uses of Species Found in Chile Cost of Producing One Metric Ton of Sulphate Pulp, Slush and Lapped. Materials Needed to Prepare and Bleach a Metric Ton of Sulphate Pulp 11 Area of forest plantations, by species and age-class Ownership of natural saw timber forest Economic availability of saw timber stand by province group Present sawtimber cut and possible cut sustainable under organized Trend of lumber production, lumber shipments by rail and average Trend of construction and real value of the peso (wages only) Essential features in piling for rapid and uniform air seasoning vi Plate 1-A. Plate 1-B. Plate 2-B. Plate 3-A. Plate 3-B. Plate 4-A. Plate 5-A. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS A Catalina was used in systematic aerial survey of the forest area Alerce, one of the few conifers in Chile, grows to immense size . The Virginia, also used in making the forest inventory in the South . The Lota plantations; the entire area in this view has been planted Fire is the most destructive agency in Chile's forest depletion Plate 8-A. In wartime gasogenes were common in propelling Chile's motor vehi 67 Plate 8-B. A. B. Plate 10-A. Plate 10-B. Plates 14-A and 14-B. Heavy wood fences still prevail in rural areas in southern Chile Wooden forms used on masonry-type building, Santiago The fertile lands of the central valley have been cleared by log- Logs up-ended in a trench to form a fence Skidding and hauling is commonly done with oxen Log storage space is scarce and log ponds unknown One of the better sawmills A typical sawdust conveyor Lumber is usually transported on the shoulders of workmen Piling is generally substandard, judged by U. S. standards, even in 69 Work floors are over-crowded with machines, lumber, and piles of 107 Plate 15-A. Too large a percentage of work is done with hand labor 110 Shingles have patterned butts . 111 Plate 16. Many boxes are too heavy for the service required 113 Plate 17-A . Plate 17-B. In contrast to other wood-using industries, Chile's plywood mills 115 There is a great need in Chile for low-cost housing . . . 121 Table 1. Area of wood land, plantation, and forest (in thousand hectares) by 10 Table 2. Area of forest plantations by species, broad age-class, and province group. Total cubic volume of sound wood (in million cubic feet) by zone, 12 17 Cubic volume (in million cubic feet) by zone, species, type of 19 Table 6. Table 7. Table 8. Table 9. Table 10. Table 11. Table 12. Table 13. Table 14. Table 15. Table 16. Table 17. Volume of sawtimber (in million board feet) by zone, species, and Average size of sawtimber trees, by species 21 23 24 25 Ownership of natural sawtimber forest in principal forest provinces Percentage distribution of cubic volume inventory and cutting deple- 30 32 35 35 Table 18. Table 19. Average annual cutting depletion of sawtimber volume (in thousand Table 20. Average annual endemic mortality of sawtimber (in thousand board 43 Table 21. Mean annual growth of cubic volume (in thousand cubic feet) by zone, 46 Table 22. Mean annual growth of sawtimber (in thousand board feet) by zone, 47 Table 26. Forest balance sheet existing conditions Life of timber supply at present rate of depletion, by zone, Estimated forest balance sheet under fire protection Estimated remaining plantable areas (in thousand hectares), by type 50 51 52 54 Price of 3-ply Douglas-fir plywood in pesos per square meter in Price of gum and birch plywood in pesos per square meter in U. S. Price of Coigue and Araucaria plywood in pesos per square meter in 120 Table 32. Charcoal and byproduct yields from distillation 124 Replacement and life of railroad ties on principal railroads in the 132 viii |