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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



every step and 

 failure any- 

 where means 

 breakd own 

 of the whole 

 operation. For 

 the same rea- 

 son the capi- 

 tal, skill and 

 inventiveness 

 of the estab- 

 lished indus- 

 try is essen- 

 tial. While the 

 simpler work 

 of the for- 

 est troops in 

 Europe can be 

 carried on by 

 the army itself, 

 it is more logi- 



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GASOLINE "BUCKING SAW" 

 These Midlers are cutting wood for the donkey engine. 



cal here for 

 the Govern- 

 ment to sup- 

 ply the lum- 

 berman with 

 the one thing 

 he cannot com- 

 mand labor 

 and thus 

 work jointly to 

 keep shipyard 

 and aircraft 

 factory sup- 

 plied with the 

 lumber w i t fl- 

 out which nei- 

 ther America 

 nor the Allies 

 can make war 

 on land or sea, 

 or in the air. 



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A GOVERNMENT SPRUCE MILL AT VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON 

 Split spruce "cants" going Into the army "cutup" plant at Vancouver. To supplement ordinary logging, much spruce was felled and split in the 



woods into pieces small enough to be taken out without building railroads. 



