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PAGE 4B THE YANCEY RECORD. Yesterday’s forests are our business today. a Y s ores *s will be JgjjPp§|L our business tomorrow. We Realize That Timber Land Must Be Managed Like Any Other Crop Land - Planted, Maintained, Harvested. We Do This Because We Want To Be Here Tomorrow. William A. (Bill) Banks, Owner "Appalachian Hardwoods of Quality BURNSVILLE, N. C. Wm'«- iT-t ■ h I H ■HHHMRMMufIPv* bib S \ VfEi I The Environment Is Everybody’s Concern. I I Individuals, As Well As Industry And Business I I Must Be Willing To Do Their Part. I I BURNSVILLE MILL OF I I MOHASCO I I BURNSVILLE, N, C. I MITCHELL LEDGER FEBRUARY 24. 1972 \ Banco Helps Stop Waste "Timber is a crop like any other crop. We must harvest it and plan for it to grow again." "Because of the type of business we are in, we are the first to realize that if we don't handle it sensibly, those in the future will suf fer for it." Bill Banks, owner of Ban co Lumber and Banco Saw mill of Burnsville made these comments when asked what steps his companytales to protect the forests where logging is being done. He explains that they use a number of methods for preservation of the forest areas, such as: (1) Being selective in cutting by taking out ripe timber and leaving young growth; (2) Preventing as much breakage as possible; (3) Keeping the ground in such a condition as to pre vent erosion, by closing roadways and water braking; (4) Reseeding the laid with grass and fertilizervhen necessary; (5) By planting seedlings if the forest cover is not in condition to justify a good young growth coming on. Banks emphasized that the preservation steps taken after removing timber from the land vary from place to place. They must look at the land to determine what needs to be done. He also stressed the fact that years ago timber was harvested only for the lum ber, but now, everything is Mohasco Is Concerned Through product innova - tions and market expansion, Mohasco has become the world's largest manufacturer of carpets and rugs, and a leading maker of interior furnishings. Burnsville Mill of Mohasco has been a part of the carpet industry since harvested either for use as firewood or to be ground up into chips and sent to paper mills. The lumber industry, he said, is even puisuing the idea of finding sensible and volume consuming uses for bark and sawdust in an ef fort to completely elimimte waste. Challenge Os Survival By Mfs.J.McKinneyj Extension Aide This is truly the age of ecology where at last we are beginning to understand the inter-dependence of all liv ing things on this earth. But begin we mist if we are to insure for on children and the generations to come the rights we have always en joyed and taken for granted. Improving on environ - ment begins at home with our personal habits of gar bage disposal and the em - phasis on the not littering around on homes, streets, highways or school grounds. Reducing and averting pollution problems call for the action of all citizens. We mist accept the fact that everyone is needed to help avert it. There is no quick, easy or inexpensive solution. Every act to les - sen pollution from each in dividual is worthwhile. Most of vs take water for granted. We turn on the tap and feel sure that what comes out is safe, but is it? 1956, when Firth establish ed the Mill here. The progress being made at the Burnsville facility is typical of the dynamic grow th and change that has taken place in the carpet industry. While experiencing growth and change, Mohasco has also strived to meet pollu - tion control standards. Their major concern has been with waste treatment. Since the Mill was opened, Mohasco has been treating waste dumped into Piney Swamp Creek. However these efforts were not com pletely successful, so in the past year they have made ad ditional improvements on the waste treatment plant. Paul McCurry, in chargp of quality control standards at Mohasco, said that it is not possible to remove all the dye from the water, but as part of the process before returning the water to the stream, the treatment plant at Burnsville Mill returns the air that is lost when the water is heated. According to state and government standards, the water leaving Mohasco Mill is harmless, and to keep the water safe, daily and weekly tests are run on the water leaving the Mill and enter - ing the stream. There are other areas in which Mohasco is working to improve conditions in the mill. Last year, Burnsville Mill installed a new boiler that more than meets State and Federal regulations for pollution emission. Mohasco is also in the process of meeting new government safety regulations by guard ing machinery used in the Mill. Mohasco is an important part of Yancey County and is striving to be not only a progressive, but pleasing part of the community. Know Cancer’s Warning Signals! Change in bowel or bladder habits A sore that does not heal Unusual bleeding or discharge Thickening or lump in breast Wor elsewhere stion or difficulty in O swallowing bvious change in wart or mole Nagging cough or hoarseness If you have a naming signal, I see your doctor. American Cancer Society* • ’lcSjppT i - Vi^. He., V USDA SOIL CONSERVATION PHOTO — Shows young men planting trees on wilkes soil, above 45% slope, overgrazed and severely eroding. Second Photo shows White Pines 6 years later on land which is now stabilized and more beautiful. Farm is Mrs. T. A. Mc- Kinney's on Brush Creek, Yancey County. ~i • i* *' | ■' ‘ » > ir . 'V \ u. ■mm,-,. Varied Jobs Os U.S. Forest Service Many people believe the only work the U. S. Forest Service does is to offer Na tional Forest Timber for sale, manage camp grounds and fight forest fires. These are all important jobs performed by the U„S, Forest Service, but perhaps the most impor tant jobs go little noticed. These are the thinning?, re leases, and planting work that the public does not rea dily see. This work deter mines what is going to be harvested off of a tract of land with proper treatment. Let's discuss these three types of culture work and see how they effect what the end product of a stand will be. A thinning is usually per formed in an immature saw timber of paletimber stand and can be done eithercom mercially or noneommereial ly. Here the strongest, best and highest value trees are left on a 20 by 20 ft. spacing. The thinning allows the crowns of the remaining trees to receive sunlight from 3 or more sides. This addition la sunlight speeds up growth of the remaining trees and allows these trees to produoe 25 to 50% more volume at the time of harvest. If the trees to be removed are largp enough, and a market exist, these trees are sold. K these trees are not merchantable they are killed by Forest Service employees. An ex ample of a thinning is shown _ j | j- mnnfnnr 1 i 1 I .1 I ,1 ;I \ \ \ \ \ & I L I L W I l »i | I iJt* .1 Lt-aW u L m j<l Ml !■% ( S j-j jl i t . i | jy§ I J im*i> Yellow Poplar Stand After Thinning— Trees Now Have Ample Sunlight in a photograph on this page. A release is generally done in a seedling and sap ling stand. Here the more desirable trees are selected on a 20 by 20 ft spacing and r eleased from surround ing trees. Once the tree that will be kept for final crop trees have been selected, all other trees competing with the selected tree are killed. In a release the composition of the stand is determined. Whether the stand will bean oak stand, yellow poplar stand a- a mixed stand is de termined at this point. Tlese selected trees will be the final product of this stand when it is harvested, so the selection of these trees is extremely important. Many acres are planted annually with White Pine seedlings. Most of the plan ting is done by hand and on areas which will not grow ji FHA Soil And Water loans The Farmers Home Administration makes Soil ! [ Jj and Water loans accompanied by technical manage- ![ ,[ ment assistance to owners, operators of farms and ![ ij ranches to assist in developing, conserving and mak- !| ■ [ ing proper use of land and water resources. 1 1 These loans may be used to level land, carry i i| out basic land treatment practices, including liming, ' j[ fertilizing and seeding; establish permanent pastures '! <! and farm forests. ■ | j! Funds may also be used to build dikes, J! ! • waterways, and other erosion control structures plus '! J i many others. ■ [ high quality hardwoods. On a clear-cut area that will be planted, money is collected from the timber sale to finance this program. These are only three more jobe that the Forest Service performs on National Forest Lands, but they are jobs that have long reaching outcome. ZHCAhJ CHm OFTEH PLANT MW.OE/2(2Y TeETS NEAR THEI/? O(2.CHAPPY TO bUPe gjjtps
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