Cut-Stock from Western Softwoods

The utilization of western softwoods for cut-stock has as its prime objective the reduction of cost to the user and the increase of profit to the producer. The trend has taken several forms. In some cases, sawmills have converted to an operation with intent to use their entire sawmill output in their own cut-stock plant. Other plants have been built strictly as cut-stock plants and rely on lumber purchases. Still other plants have come into being complete with ownership of timber and logging operations, the entire production of which consists of cut-stock. Factors of importance to the user are the reliability of the source of supply and the quality of the material. Factors of importance to the producer are the maintenance of an adequate and varying order file, necessary to maximize the utilization of all material produced. A prime need in the manufacture of cut-stock is to develop markets for secondary species such as white fir, western larch, mountain-grown Douglas-fir, western red cedar, and hem lock. The introduction of these secondary species into the field of cut-stock is a necessary procedure in the immediate future. Cooperative research between producer and consumer is the best means of approaching the problem.

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