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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



PULP WOOD CUT ON TRACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY. 



creased value of lumber of course the 

 value of pulpwood also increased. Of 

 their holdings in Vermont and New 

 Hampshire the greater portion were 

 lands which had been only partially 

 logged and in many cases there had 

 been no cuttings, in fact nine-tenths of 

 their holdings when the International 

 Paper Company was formed was a 

 virgin growth. At that time in operat- 

 ing these lands no great care was taken 

 to preserve the smaller growth and 

 much timber was cut and left to waste 

 that would now be used for pulpwood. 

 As an example of the difference in 

 methods in the early days of the Com- 

 pany's operations and those in use at 

 the present time I may quote the word- 

 ing of contracts. Formerly when a lot 

 of spruce was to be cut the wording 

 of the contract would be that "the party 

 of the first part agrees to go onto said 

 lot and cut all the spruce timber and 

 deliver it on the river bank." Now 

 the contract for this same operation 

 would read — "The party of the first part 

 agrees to cut and deliver on the river 

 bank all the spruce, down to twelve 

 inches in diameter, two feet from the 

 ground, except in solid growth on the 

 sides of the mountain where the timber 

 is to be cut clean. Said party of the 



first part agrees that the work shall be 

 done in a workmanlike manner, that 

 he will cut only such trees as are 

 marked for cutting or such as he may 

 be directed to cut by an agent of said 

 party of the second part (the Company) ; 

 that all trees shall be sawed down close 

 to the ground, that no spruce shall be 

 used for corduroy roads or bridges or 

 for skids or levers and that he will use 

 all reasonable means to prevent the 

 injury or destruction of small spruce 

 trees and that all spruce timber cut, 

 down to five inches at the top end, shall 

 be removed from the land and delivered 

 on the river bank." 



Eight years ago the Company prac- 

 tically stopped cutting in \'ermont, con- 

 fining their logging operations in this 

 vicinity almost entirely to New Hamp- 

 shire. Since that time until the present 

 year there has been no operating in 

 N'ermont, except a few small operations 

 in four foot wood, on lands purchased 

 in recent years. Their logging opera- 

 tions in New Hampshire were confined 

 to the towns of Easton, Landaff, Ben- 

 ton, Woodstock, Lincoln, Orford and 

 Lyme. 



Logging operations have been con- 

 fined for five years to the towns of 

 Woodstock, Benton, Landaff, Lincoln 



