OLu AMh'h'icAy i'U/:h\<r i-jx(;l\I':i:i:s jx fl'am'E 



Ay 



ri'uions of r(ni>i(lcr;iliK' cxlcnl. (■;u-li 

 caiTviiii:' nil niiiDUiit of siaiiiliii.i:' liiiiluT 

 astuiiishiiiu- to tlic avt'ra,u\" Aincrican. 

 'i'lic iiio-i i'\ti'ii>i\(' I'orcsl regions arc 

 ill ilu' Jura ami N'osucs iiionnlaiiis of 

 (■a>ti'rn l'"raiici'. ami llio i'\ti'ii^i\(' piiio 

 |i|;iiii- Ix'lwi'cii r>onK'au\ ami the I'yrc- 

 iuM'~ Mountains. Tlu'rc is also a ccr- 

 laiii ainounl of tiiulirr in the Sa\oy and 

 llic Mariliiiic .\l|)>. ami in the I'yrciiccs 

 .Mountains. In adilition llicn' arc 



\\a\>. llic Io,l;s cut aliout sixteen feet 

 Ioiil; ami coineM'il (u: an Aincrican 

 lumlicr \\a,L;on ; tlii> in contrast to 

 wimt he iniulil lia\e m'cii KcI^M'c 

 the war. when a team of oM'U wmihl 

 h;i\e laliorioiisly drawn out the loiii;- 

 Iriiiik id' a sin,:^le tree, to he cut into 

 shorter Icii-ths at the mill. If the 

 oh,-er\('r should iZ'o hack to the fore-t 

 froiii which lids loa<l (d' lo^is came, he 

 wiMild llnd a dclaehmeiil (d' hardv 



thrtuiuhout central l'"raiice scallercd American lumhei'jacks in khaki relliiii:- 



trees and drawing the lo,i:'s lo the skid- 

 wavs ill .\inerican rashion. \ vt tliere 



woodland trac-ts catdi of rroiii a i'rw 

 acri's to several ihonsaml acres in ex- 

 tent, whicdi Lave hecn cared for duriiii;- would somi appear a dilTcrciice. The 

 manv vears and which olTcr I'avoralile sawvers arc cuttinii' the stumps virtu- 



opportunities for lumher oiieratioii^ 

 even from tlu' American stand])oint. 



ally at the .L;'rouiid. Tlie}^ are seleeting 

 trees marked hy I'd'eiieh foresters, Icav- 

 We iiiav well 1k> proud of the natural inu many standinii" that are not yet 

 forest resourct's in our own eountry. ripe. The luniljerjack is exercising- 

 P^rance. however, is jiroving that hy scrupulous care not to injure any of the 

 years of thrift and scientific manage- young trees or the small reproduction, 

 mcnt she can now furnish the raw for- And when he has finished, there still 

 est material that is essential for all the stands a forest— reduced in volume of 

 armies fighting on her soil. France has merchantahle timher hut in good pro- 

 heen furnishing the most striking proof duetive condition. The lumherjack is 

 of the value of forest protection and practicing French forestry, 

 culture. In the Jura Mountains occur some 



If one should drive through the Jura of the finest examples of French Gov- 

 Mountains today, the forest would at ernment forests and forestry. The ])vr- 

 first glance seem 

 to him unchanged. 

 He would see the 

 slopes, the high 

 ground, and the 

 poorer soils cov- 

 ered with dense 

 coniferous forests, 

 some areas of for- 

 est large in extent, 

 some occurring in 

 smaller tracts, sep- 

 arated l)y ti(dds. 

 with here and 

 there a village. 

 IT i s a 1 1 e n t i o n 

 might he at- 

 tracted, however, 

 to a load of logs 

 on one of the ex- 

 cellent forest hiuh- 



Ph'iffif/raph bi/ H. S. Graves 



I'jstublishing ramp in a Maritime piiif forest in .soutliern France, where 

 loKgiiii; conditions are about tlie same as in tlie long-leaf pine forests of 

 Georgia. In the cold mountainous districts of France comfortable barracks 

 are put up; otherwise tents with hoard floors are used. At times the sa\y- 

 mills run under pressure night and da.\ . and always the lumberjacks work 

 from sunrise to sunset 



