A step forward to full hardwood utilization in Northwestern New Brunswick

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dc.contributor.authorCouturier, Jacques Ferdinand
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-07T19:53:42Z
dc.date.available2023-06-07T19:53:42Z
dc.date.issued1977
dc.description.abstractIn New Brunswick, a problem exists related to hardwood quality and utilization. Hardwood of the best quality is being removed from the forest faster than the present forest structure permits development of wood of that quality (Baskerville, 1976). The great need for first quality hardwood in the northwestern part of the province, to produce furniture and the poor sawmilling practices have led to high-grading of the best hardwood stands. To fight this high-grading, Nadeau & Nadeau Ltd,, a furniture manufacturing firm located at St-Francois de Madawaska, New Brunswick, undertook a project to utilize hardwood logs of smaller size. These short logs, ranging from four to eight feet, are sawn to produce squares and turnings to be used in furniture manufacturing. This venture is another step forward to full resource utilization in the sense that 2.6 more cunits per acre in the form of short logs were harvested from stands where 1.9 cunits per acre and less in long logs form were harvested before. A survey shows the condition of the stand before and after the short log salvaging. The economic value of the finished product derived from this newly employed raw material ranges from 3 to ^,7 million dollars per year. Consequently, some fourty jobs were created. This project had a double beneficial action in that it helped to reduce the waste left on the felling sites and it made the existing long log stock last longer.
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dc.description.noteCouturier, Jacques F (1977). A step forward to full hardwood utilization in Northwestern New Brunswick . (Engineering Senior Report no. TFEM-45 1977). Fredericton : University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Engineering TFEM-45 1977 1882/15387
dc.description.noteUniversity of New Brunswick. Faculty of Forestry.
dc.format.extentvi, 30 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/33911
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
dc.subject.disciplineForest Engineering
dc.titleA step forward to full hardwood utilization in Northwestern New Brunswick
dc.typesenior report
thesis.degree.disciplineForest Engineering
thesis.degree.fullnameBachelor of Science in Forest Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelundergraduate
thesis.degree.nameB.Sc.F.E.

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