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61 



saihllf out lit was passeii ai'ouiul tin- 

 breast of the horso (who knew iiion> 

 about the woods lli.in \\r diil. ii i»n)\ 

 ed) fastened in placr by Un- sinallfi' 

 rope, and llic U)U>i lopc used as t races. 

 bein^ tiiially attached to a short 

 spriiec siii^le-lree, with a loiip; eiioii^li 

 end h'fl foi- a noose to take the jthice 

 ol" h)ggin^ tone's, liy snubbiti},' tlie 

 ends of the h){^s and swainpinj? out 

 paths, enough h)gs were soon yarded 

 tor th(^ I'est of the construction wf)i-k, 

 and liie walls soon lirouglit up to a 

 height of seven feet, wliich was con- 

 sidered aini)le. Hafters of round, 

 peeled, spruce poles wei-e thi'ii put 

 up, about two and a half feel apai't. 

 and spiked to the side logs. The 

 ones at eaeli eiul of the building were 

 made double, that is about six inches 

 apart, so that the short logs foi-niing 

 the gable couhl be dropped down in 

 between. 



A tight sheathing of second-gi'ade 

 hemlock boards was then nailed on 

 over the rafters and a layer of thi'ec- 

 ply felt put on lengthwise, and the 

 edges tarred, a i-oof warranted to last 

 ten years or longer. 



After levelling oiY the ground in- 

 side, sills of peeled logs were sunk 

 about two feet apart and two layers 

 of hemlock boards put down as a 

 tloor. the llrst layer of cheap ma- 

 terial, the last surfaced on one side. 

 The chinking, or 'stogging' of 

 such a camp is more of a task than 

 appears at lii'st thought. .Mo.ss was 

 gathered from the high ground in the 

 woods and carried in sacks to a plai 

 alongside the building, an inimcns 

 • piantity being re<|ui?-ed. This w; - 

 pounded in with a tamp from the on' 

 side at first, but cold w»'ather setting 

 in. the rest of the camp was chinked 

 from the insid«'. 



The camp will become, in time, the 

 (•enter of a large field of future oper 

 afions — the construction of r" 

 trails, and fire lines, telephone 1 

 of brush-burning, of thinnings 

 cleanings, of ctitting of logs and *■<•' 

 wood, of surveying, nui|>pinir 

 tiiiuding, and ])ei-li;qw laf-f 



experimental woi » .i. mi^i- 

 whose results nuiy become an 

 lesson to owuiM-H of tiinlKT. The en- 

 tire camp has cost not over $25.00 

 all told. an<l if Vale and the other 

 graduate schools are lnuigering after 

 demonstration forests of their own, 

 which they can handle lo get • 

 and give their men training. w< 

 we an' fortunate, and the Vui\ 

 of New lirunswick is fortunate, in 

 finding such a tiact lying at its back- 

 door and knowing that this camp in 

 going lo mean getting right down to 

 the humus from this time on 



Such is. in brief, the hislory oi tin- 

 liuilding of this camp wiiich uieunM 

 to the foresters of the rnivemity a 

 comfortable retreat for work and re- 

 creation. Not oidy has it given them 

 some valuabh; construction experience 

 not down on the regular .si-hedule. and 

 hence more valuable, but has, as its 

 walls rose, log upon log, frrtm the 

 Itrown earth, built up that spirit of 

 iirotherhooil and loyalty to elass and 

 school which we Iwlieve to Im- one of 

 the strongest assets in the future. 

 More than that, it has brought u little 

 nearer to all that invisible spirit of 

 the woods which the forester it 



i-ainu)! explain to oth<M>. tlt.ii -.jiril 

 which makes him a ligliti-r and trun- 

 seends salary or worldly honor and 

 leads its recipient to struggle through 

 muskegs and over moun' ■'■" "i>M(f 

 the unlilazed trail 'a ] a 



new profession. ' 



The total vntuiv :if fVi- ix-.tX of r'rv lue» 

 ■i, of the ni '8* 



tor •'Vr 9. 



»nt of 



xm>' of 

 world. 



Two fifth" of ih« 



!■ • p«r 



-nana* 



