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By-Products of the Forest 



Some have been brought by the railroads; 

 others have been floated down to the paper mill 



A TAPER MILL 



from the woods above. The logs of most hard- 

 woods, when fresh-cut and green, are so heavy 

 that they will not float. But these pulp woods 

 are light, floating easily on the water. Great 

 rafts of them are carried here from the woods by 

 the swift current of the river. 



All of the logs in a drive are not owned by a 

 single man or company, for many loggers use the 

 same river for their spring drives. Such being 



