work was recent, and the principal cuttings 

 were in vigorous growing stands of young 

 white pine. 



The present method of lumbering was seen 

 on the S. E. Y 4 of the S. E. Y 4 of Sec. 25, 

 T. 30 X., R. 5 W. That is also shown in 

 illustrations 2 and 3. The entire stand of 

 young white pine was felled so that all the 

 trees were thrown on top of one another, and 

 many logs were badly broken. As a rule, 

 every tree was cut into sixteen-foot lengths 

 regardless of these breaks. If the remaining 

 parts of the broken trees happened to be 

 short, odd lengths, they were left on the 

 ground or dragged out of the way into the 

 piles of slash. 



A hemlock tree about 26 inches in diameter 

 was felled in N. E. Y 4 of X. W. Y 4 of Section 

 36, T. 30 X., R. 5 W. squarely across a large 

 stump about fourteen feet distant. In cutting 

 the tree into logs, no attention was paid to 

 this break, and the first cut was made six- 

 teen feet from the butt of the tree and the 

 other cuts at equal distances throughout its 

 length. 



These examples are typical of the past and 

 present methods of lumbering, and whatever 

 the reason may be, the carelessness of the 

 methods employed is evident and the amount 

 of waste is wholly unwarranted. 



There are seventy miles of logging rail- 

 roads, abandoned or in use at the present time, 

 connected with the main line of the D. & C. 



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