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Load of spruce and white pine logs cut from compartment 25. Team and log loader. Left -- F. Mose; Center -- R. Perry; Right -- G. Fountain.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
personnel
equipment
Organisms: white pine
spruce
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 25
Description: Load of spruce and white pine logs cut from compartment 25. Team and log loader. Left -- F. Mose; Center -- R. Perry; Right -- G. Fountain.
Date: 10/22/1952

A team was used for skidding, but a tractor was required for white pine logs exceeding 36" in diameter. The loader was used to load trucks.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: equipment
harvest
horse skidding
road
Organisms: white pine
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: A team was used for skidding, but a tractor was required for white pine logs exceeding 36" in diameter. The loader was used to load trucks.
Date: 1950

About 50 years ago white pines occupied the overstory here. The red maples came in after cutting; most are of poor quality even for pulpwood. "Has 50-years growth been wasted?"
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
equipment
stump
post-harvest
Organisms: white pine
red maple
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: About 50 years ago white pines occupied the overstory here. The red maples came in after cutting; most are of poor quality even for pulpwood. "Has 50-years growth been wasted?"
Date: 1950