34 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION 
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ONE HORSE YARDING ROAD. 
Where one horse only is used in yarding timber 
the saving of small growth and undersized trees is 
very apparent. Only a narrow path shows where 
the logs have been hauled to the yard and there is 
but slight disturbance of the unmerchantable stuff, 
which is thus left to grow and mature. 
Photo by Maine Forestry Dept. 
miles to look over 
and had them OQ. 
K. by the time 
the watchmen 
went on. With 
the exception of a 
few times, we 
have had _ good 
service. The 
watchmen and 
linemen have all 
been trusty and 
faithful. My ter- 
ritory (until last 
year) was COov- 
ered by two Chief 
Wardens and it 
keeps one busy. 
We had some dif- 
ficulty to locate 
trouble with the 
line and I got Mr. 
E. L. Chase of 
Brownville to 
trace the line 
with his test set 
and found it at 
Arbo’s. For this 
service he 
charged nothing. 
The _ lightning 
had burned out 
some _ insulated 
wire and the line- 
man could not 
find it without an 
instrument. We 
have had _ very 
few fires; one at 
Long Pond on 7 R. 9 was put out at a small expense. Had one on 
White Brook, which was put out by the river drivers. I would 
recommend that while the Howland Pulp & Paper Co. are driving 
out of White Brook into the main river a patrol be put on to look 
