SOME DATA ON THE USSR FORESTRY AND TIMBER INDUSTRIES, AS OF SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1951

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• Publication Date: February 11, 1952
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SOi? DATE ON THE USSR FORESTRY AND TIMBER
INDUSTRIES, AS OF SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1951
[Numbers in parentheses refer to appended sources]
Fall planting of shelter belts along rail lines has begun. Together with
those planted last spring, shelter belts planted In 1951 along transport lines
stretch out for a distance of 2?0 kilometers.
Shelter belts protect the rail lines from snow and sand drifts. They
minimize interruptions an communication lines and signal installations, shelter
trains from wind=_, and at the same time raise crop yields on fields adjoining
the rail lines.
Shelter belts planted along rail lines under the Soviet regime stretch
out for a total. distance of more than 29,000 kilometers. Belts totaling a dis-
tance of 19,000 kilometers are sufficiently mature to protect the lines from
snowdrifts. As a result, it has been possible to remove about 10 million
wooden shields along the belt-protected lines and to eliminate 258 kilometers
of permanent fences.(!)
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Ukrainian SSR
Plantings of Amur _ork trees (Phellodendron amurense),
brought from the Far East to the Ukraine, have acclimatizeR
ve37 wolf in the Ukrainian republic. The high-quality wood
of this tree goes into the manufacture of furniture.
The Amur cork tree has acclimatized and is growing in
Kiev, Vinnitsa, lemenete-Podollsk, and other oblaata. The
first trees were planted 20 years ago. At present, Amur cork
trees occupy a total area of 2,180 hectares. (2)
Eawakh SSR
In the spring of 1951, a total of 13,396 hectares (100.3
percent of plan) were afforested in Kazakhstan by the forestry
managements of the republic. In the fall of 1951, 5,640 hec-
tares are to be planted with trees. (3) There are now 143
tractors of various models in use on the forestry managements
of the republic. (4)
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The Ministry of Forestry USSR has organized 10 steppe
forestry managements in the zones of the great construction
projects. Five of these have been created at points'along
the route of the Main Turkmen Canal and will service the
shelter belts along the canal. (511
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Kere1o-Finnish SS?
In 1951, the log_tng trusts of the Ministry of Timber
Industry Karelo-Finnish SSR are obligated to build and pre-
pare for Occupancy more than 45,000 square meters of living
space. But during the first 8 months of the year, only 11,000
square meters have been buil+. and readied for occupancy. (6)
During the fall and winter logging season which has just
begun, the loggers of the Karolo-Finnish SSR face the task
of providing the country with If times more timber than was
felled and hauled during the name season last year.
In the course of this year, the logging enterprises of
the republic received hundred, of new machines and the number
of permanent workers increased. Most enterprises have enough
workers to convert to 2- or 3-shift operations. (7)
The logging enterprises of the Karelo-Finnish SSR have
sent 170 carloads of construction timber to the South Uk al-
nien and North Crimean canal construction projects and 18
carloads of ties and such construction timber to Dneprostroy.
This year, 31 carloads of timber in excess of plan have
been dispatched to the Stalingrad and Kuybyshev hydroelectric
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During the 4th quarter, 1951, 3b carloads of ties will be sent
to the Kakhovka GF:; project. 'l'hin order will on fill,-d by
the Shuya Flouting Office and a ler.hing center of Virandozoro
Timber Management.
Karell..., timber enterprioeu supply such timber for the
construction of Moscow skyscrapers ine]tlni, Moscow Stnto
University imoni M. V. Lomononnv. In Septomhnr ulone, Sum
and other tin,bor martagementn dinpntchod 402 eerlondn of round
timber to Moscow for the oonntructlon of those buildings.
Almost all tlmh?r monagomonto of Yuchknre]les, Med-azht-
yegorlon, Sego"hlen, and Sovknrellon trusts vend pit props
and oonstructicn timber to the Doninnn and Moscow Region noel
mines. In September, Shuyn F'luntlng Office n,,nt 115 carloads
of props to the mines, and Suna Flatting Gfflco aunt 6 more
carloads than planned. (8)
The Ministry of Timber Indu ntry Karalo-F'inninh SSR reports
that during the first 20 deyn of October 191 haulage of timber
in the republic was 39.5 percent greeter than in the correspon-
ding period of 1950. (9)
Estonian SSl?
In 1951, the timber management, of Estonian SSR received
13 mobile electric power plants with full nets of electric
mews, 4 three-drum skidding winches, and other equipment.
Equipment is, however, still inadequate. Inadequacy of equip..
wont was one of the main reasons why the Ministry of Timber
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Industry Estonian SSR failed to meet the 1950-1951 fall and
winter legging season plan by 100,000 cubic asters of cou?er-
cial timber. ;art season, the felling plan was met only 93
percent, the haulage plan only 81.4 percent. (10)
Latvian SSR
During the last three years, timber haulage machines have
increased if times, mobile electric power plants 4 times,
saws 3 times, and truck cranes 5 times in the timber in-
dustry of the Latvian SSR. (11)
Lit.huarfan ESE
Mechanizsci0:1 has increased at the logging enterprises
in the Lithuanian SSR; .11 times more electric saws will be
in operation this season than last year. Mary logging points
will be fully converted to mechanized felling. Many new gas-
generator trucks have been added to the haulage fleet. (12)
Belorussian SSR
The Belorussian S2 supplies timber for the greet con-
struction projects of communism, the coal mining, metal mining,
and cellulose-paper industries, and other branches of the
national economy.
The legging enterprises of the republic are now equipped
with mobile electric power plants, high-frequency K-5 electric
saws, KT-12 skidding tractors, electric winches, loading cranes,
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and other equipment. SoTo timber managements are fully mechu_
ni,'ed.
During the 1951-1952 fall and winter season, the logging
industry of the republic m.st depend on seasonal workers for
much assistance. It is, therefore, an important task of
enterprise supervisors and trade union organizations to pay
much attention to the seasonal workers and explain the new wage
system to them. (13)
Ukmainian SSA
In a letter to the editor, I. Zhukov, chief of the Ukrai-
nian Office of the MalAdministration of Mine Timber (Glav-
ahakhtoles) writes:
In 1950, the enterprises of the Ukrainian timber industry
were 26,000 cubic meters short in their deliveries of conatruo-
tion timber to the coal mining industry and 66,147 cubic meters
short in their deliveries of pit props.
In 1950, the Ukrainian timber industry paid 1,500,000 rubles
in fines for delivery of low-quality pit-prop timber.
The performance of the timber industry enterprises has
not improved in 1951. Deliveries are slow and the timber is
sent in an uneasorted manner.
Supervisors of the logging trusts Stanislavlesprom,
Zakerpatlesprom, and Zhitomirles complain that the cutting
areas assigned to them lack timber of the required size. But
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these explanations are invalid, beoause,of the timber which
they eupply,40 percent is of the proper size.
The Ukrainian enterprises and organizationo should emu.
late the leading oblasta - Gor'kiy, Leningrad, Arkhangel'ek,
and others - who,ae of Mineral Day 1951, had net the timber-
delivery plan 114 percent. All timber reached the mines in
assorted and grope, length form.
Each cu5io meter of pit-prop timber permits the mining
of 30 tons of coal, which in heat value replaces 150 cubic
meters of wood. (14)
ermoninn sgn
During the last two years, the logging enterprises of
the Ministry of Timber Industry Armenian SSR have put into
use many new trucks, skidding tractors, mobile electric power
plants, electric saws, and winches. }tilfillmont of the plan,
will depend on how fully and productively the machines on
hand will be utilized. (15)
SR
The 14 mechanized timber managements of Komiper'sles
Trust, Komi-Permyok Nntionnl Okrug, give the country millions
of cubic meters of timber annually. This fall, more than
1,600 electric saws, 240 mobile electric power plants, 300
tractors, more than 350 trucks, and 40 steam and motor loco.
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motives will be used in logging operations.
Si ee the beginning of 1950, a total of 1,635 mechanics
have been trained to maintain the logging equipment of the
lumber drying r,ith high-frequency current has been adopted
at Kazan' Lumber 615.11 No 1. The drier producer well-dried lumber.
Up to 7 cubic motors of lumber are placed into the drier.
Although it was thought that two kilowatt-hours of electric
porter would be required to eliminate one kilogram of moisture,
actually only 1.2 kilowatt-hours are expended.
Such a high productivity of the drier was made possible
by a number of changes in its design carried out by the mill's
chief power engineer, N. A. Kalmykov. The drier was assembled
and tested by mill workers. (17)
Floating _n the Severnaya Dvina River basin is comirg to
a close. The last raft has been dispatched from Kotlas to
Arkhangel'ek. This year, 500,000 more cubic motors of timber
than last year have reached their final destinations. Raft
construction has been fully mechanized at Severnaya Dvina
enterprises. Dvinosplev (Ovine Timber Floating) Trust has
achieved a saving of a million rubles for the State. (18)
The main mass of timber felled in Mari ASSR goes dorn the
Volga to the builders of the Kuybyshov and Stalingrad hydro-
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electric stations and to the Donbass. Hundreds of thousands
of cubic meters have already been dispatched and floating is
continuing. (19)
In 1951, 24 percent more timber was floated down the Kama
River than in 1950. (20)
The 3rd-quarter gross production plan of Ministry of
Timber Industry enterprises located in the city of Leningrad
and Leningrad Oblast was met 109 percent. (21)
Salvage shops have been created at the timber managements
in Leningrad Oblast. From waste wood, they produce packing_
case lumber, barrel staves, fence pickets, eta. Formerly,
this wood became firewood. All work in the shops is fully
mechanized. By the end of 1951, more than 30 of these shops
will be in operation. (22)
Kirgiz WR
Timber flcn.ting on the rivers of Kirgizia has been com-
pleted. Conditions for free floating were unfavorable in 1.951
due to low water levels.
Timber industry workers are striving to provide the re-
public with 20-30,000 cubic motors of timber in . -less of plan
by the and of the year. (23)
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SOURCES
1. Kishinev, Sovetskaya kdoldaviya, 10 Oct 51
2. Minsk, Sc-7etakaya Beloruaaiya, 10 Oct 51
3. Alma-Ata, Kazakdistanekaya Pravda, 10 Oct 51
4. Ibid., 20 Oct 51
5. Leningradakays Pravda, 11 Oct 51
6. Perozavodak, Laninakoye Znaaya, 2 Oat 52-
7. Ibid., 3 Oct 51
3. Ibid., 6 Oct 51
9. Ibid., 26 Oat 5.
10. Tallin, Sovetskaya Estoni;;a, 9 Oct 51
11. Riga, Sovetskaya Latviya, 5 Oat 51
12. Vil'nyub, Sovetskaya Litva; 4 Oct 51
13. Minsk, Sovetskaya Belorua3iya, 4 Oct 51
.14. Moscow, Leamya Progahlennoat', 7 Oct 51
-15. Yerevan, Komcuniat, 3 Oct 51
16. Moscow, Izvestiya, 18 Sep 51
17. Ibid., 12 Oct 51
18. Ibid., 13 Oct 51
19. Ibid., 19 Oct 51
20. Ibid., 23 Oct 51
21. Leningradskaya Pravda, 28 Oct 51
22. Moscow, Lesnaya Pronyshlennoat', 14 Oct 51
23. Frunze, Sovetskaya Kirgiziya, 13 Oct 51
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