HIGH QUALITY PULPWOOD 



Pulpwood cutting in lodgepole pine started shortly after the end of 

 World War II. High yields of wood pulp per cord of pulpwood have 

 given Montana Lodgepole pine a favorable place in distant markets. 

 In 1948 over 43,000 cords of pulpwood were shipped 1500 miles east- 

 x\rard to Wisconsin. Logging operations vary from hand methods and 

 horse skidding to cutting with power saws and tractor-arch skidding. 

 In the above operation ti»ees are skidded full length, cut to 100- 

 inch sticks by a circular cut-off saw, and loaded by conveyor onto 

 trucks. Note the straight stems and large diameters of the bolts. 

 Large areas of lodgepole pine similar to that in the background of 

 the above picture are to be found in South Central Montana. Such 

 areas offer possibilities for expanding pulpwood production. 



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