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KEPORT OF STATE FORESTER. 



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seed trees, because they produce the most seed and at the same 

 time are the least valuable as lumber. Here, as on the other lot, 

 the slash was piled and burned. 



The third bunch of timber covered only II/2 acres, and was 

 made up almost entirely of sprout chestnut. This lot was 

 selected because the trees were over-mature, had decayed butts 

 and were going back. 



The method of handling this work, as agreed upon by Dr. 

 Tower, superintendent of the hospital, and Mr. Cook, was 

 briefly as follows : — 



The chopping was to be done under the direct supervision of 

 this office, and Mr. Winifred Eaton, one of our most trusted 

 employees, was made foreman of the chopping gang. This 

 arrangement was made because it was felt that the ordinary 

 choppers could not be depended on to carry out the provisions 

 of the working plan. This office looked on the job as an ex- 

 periment in conservative logging, and was therefore anxious 

 that everything be done in good faith. The sawing and sticking 

 was done under contract by a Mr. Spencer, a portable-mill man. 

 The hauling of the logs was done by the men and horses belong- 

 ing to the hospital farm. Partly because these men were not 

 experienced in this work, and partly because they had to pile 

 the logs on skids, to remain until the mill was set up, the cost 

 of logging was higher than is usual in this kind of work. 



The following table shows the cost of the above operation : — 



Operation. 



Camp, material and tools, 



Labor on camp, 



Repairing old roads, 



Chopping 95 cords pine, at 90 cents per cord, . 

 Chopping 110 cords hard woods, at $1.10 per cord, . 



Lumber, 303,000 feet, 



Sawing lumber, 



Burning brush, 



Logging and sticking, 



Total, excluding cord wood, .... 



' Per cord. 



$2,182 75 



$7 20 



