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the marking and inspecting the cutting should also inspect for 

 all classes of waste. Frequent inspection with regular reports to 

 headquarters will serve to keep the logging foremen up to the 

 mark. 



Fig. &S. — Old field spruce type. Stand 5 years after a strip thinning. Looking down 

 strip. Note that crowns have not closed. Spruce and balsam seedlings on the ground. 



Logging Methods, Market Conditions, Industries, 

 Ownership or Woodlands. 



Logging Methods. — In each forest region distinctive methods 

 of logging have been developed, suited to the character of the 

 forest and the nature of the country. These methods of logging 



