576 AMERICAN FORESTRY 



We found the native Cuban very ac- ;},000 feet per day, and most of the lum- 



commodating and hospitable. They live her, after being sawed, was cut up into 



easily in quite a primitive way. All of cart material. 



them raise large families, some houses J a i so saw a sma n band mill in Ha- 



where we stayed at night having from vana It sawed } ogs that were s hi ppe d 



fifteen to twenty-four children. I don't in on cars from the lower end of the 



know where they put them all at night; jsland An of the lumber cut in thig 



for they always gave us room to hang min wag worked j ntQ cartSi fum ._ 



up our hammocks. , r 



r T r , ^ ture, interior finishes, etc., in a factory 



I found many Americans in Lama- , . , ,, ... 



T-, ,, -, , connected with the mill. 



guay Province, near the railroad, rais- ^. r ... . . 



ing grapefruit and sugar cane. Sugar ^here a " . few . " lllls " the ! sland 



cane grows here from lo to 20 years 01ld ver y llttle timber - What timber 



from one planting, requiring no cultiva- there 1S ' l was told ' 1S m Oriente Prov- 



tion during that time. The land is first ince and Camaguay Province. The 



cleared by cutting down all brush and tracts that : looked at are said to be the 



timber and then dry burned. The cane best timbered tracts on the island, 



is planted among stumps and logs by A railroad has been surveyed near 



using a bar to punch a hole in the these lands and will probably be built 



ground and sticking in a piece of cane, this year. This would give this part of 



After fifteen or twenty years it is the island an outlet which is greatly 



plowed and new cane planted. needed. The timber could then be han- 



I saw a small circular-saw mill at died and the lands, which are the very 



Moron, Cuba. They were cutting all best cane lands, could be put into cane 



kinds of native woods. Most of the cultivation, tobacco or fruit, 



logs came from a distance of twenty I took a great many views of the tim- 



miles and were hauled in cane carts, in her, but owing to the thick brush and 



a most awkward manner. The capacity heavy overhead foliage and shadows 



of this mill, I should think, was about few of them were good. 



MY HEROES 



By }. R. SIMMONS. 



I stood, today, beneath a mighty tree, 



And gazed upon its lofty trunk and crown. 



Scarred body, branches gnarled and leaves of brown ; 



In silence looking upward wonderingly. 



Full oft have I thus pondered on the sea, 



Or on the mountains, when the sun was down, 



Upon their age and grandeur, or the sound 



Of rushing waters and the whispering breeze, 



To waken and inspire the best in me. 



Comes then the thought of those strong men I've known 



Who've stood and fought their battles, like this tree. 



They know it not, but when each deed is done 



Of theirs, I marvel e'en as silently, 



And owe them each small victory / have won. 



