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Taken N30W from a point 0.83c chain S02E of plot stake 27-67. D. Vander Poel in photo.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
personnel
regeneration
Organisms: white pine
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 25
Description: Taken N30W from a point 0.83c chain S02E of plot stake 27-67. D. Vander Poel in photo.
Date: 6/6/1955

George Fountain loading pulpwood with use of mechanical loader.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
equipment
log
personnel
road
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 25
Description: George Fountain loading pulpwood with use of mechanical loader.
Date: 11/6/1953

Single horse used for skidding pulpwood. George Cramer and Donald Horner.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
personnel
horse skidding
pulpwood
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 35
Description: Single horse used for skidding pulpwood. George Cramer and Donald Horner.
Date: 2/13/1953

G. Cramer and D. Horner piling pulpwood in the woods.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
log deck
personnel
horse skidding
pulpwood
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: G. Cramer and D. Horner piling pulpwood in the woods.
Date: 2/13/1953

Donald Horner bucking skidded pulpwood at the landing. Using chainsaw. Residual stand in the background.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
log deck
personnel
pulpwood
equipment
chainsaw
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 35
Description: Donald Horner bucking skidded pulpwood at the landing. Using chainsaw. Residual stand in the background.
Date: 2/13/1953

Piled pulpwood cut from compt. 25. Stand has been cut for sawlogs and spruce and fir pulpwood. Some hemlock remains along with defective yellow birch and soft maple. Much of this wood is quite defective even though it is small. Rev. Frank A. Reed in photo.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
log deck
personnel
pulpwood
Organisms: spruce
fir
yellow birch
maple
hemlock
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 25
Description: Piled pulpwood cut from compt. 25. Stand has been cut for sawlogs and spruce and fir pulpwood. Some hemlock remains along with defective yellow birch and soft maple. Much of this wood is quite defective even though it is small. Rev. Frank A. Reed in photo.
Date: 2/12/1953

Bucking pulpwood at the landing on comp 35. Shows chainsaw in use; also horse and harness used for skidding.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: log deck
harvest
personnel
horse skidding
pulpwood
equipment
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 35
Description: Bucking pulpwood at the landing on comp 35. Shows chainsaw in use; also horse and harness used for skidding.
Date: 2/1/1953

S. Monette and D. Horner piling pulpwood in the woods. Stand visible in background.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
log deck
personnel
Organisms: yellow birch
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 35
Description: S. Monette and D. Horner piling pulpwood in the woods. Stand visible in background.
Date: 1/12/1953

Near northwest corner of compartment. Felling large spruce (same as pictured in PSEF_MU30_244).
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
personnel
Organisms: spruce
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 30
Description: Near northwest corner of compartment. Felling large spruce (same as pictured in PSEF_MU30_244).
Date: 12/1/1952

Bert Sussice felling 20" red spruce with chainsaw.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
personnel
equipment
chainsaw
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 25
Description: Bert Sussice felling 20" red spruce with chainsaw.
Date: 10/22/1952

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

Compt. 25 after the sawlogs were cut, but before pulp cut.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
vehicle
equipment
personnel
Organisms: spruce
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 25
Description: Compt. 25 after the sawlogs were cut, but before pulp cut.
Date: 10/22/1952

Compt. 25 after the sawlogs were cut, but before pulp cut. Horses owned by G. Fountain and used for skidding. Log loader and logs in foreground, at landing.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
log deck
horse skidding
equipment
personnel
Organisms: birch
spruce
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 25
Description: Compt. 25 after the sawlogs were cut, but before pulp cut. Horses owned by G. Fountain and used for skidding. Log loader and logs in foreground, at landing.
Date: 10/1/1952

After a stand of large pines were cut about 1900, understory balsam fir and spruce developed to pulpwood size. Only a few pines originated after the cutting in 1900, because spruce and fir already occupied the site.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
harvest
log deck
stump
Organisms: white pine
balsam fir
spruce
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: After a stand of large pines were cut about 1900, understory balsam fir and spruce developed to pulpwood size. Only a few pines originated after the cutting in 1900, because spruce and fir already occupied the site.
Date: 1950

Large cuts of softwoods in mixedwood stands, and light cutting for hardwoods, can convert some stands to hardwoods. "Is it desirable or undesirable? Will residual hardwoods make satisfactory growth? Will they be sound upon reaching merchantable size? Can the land owner afford to do anything different than this?"
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: log deck
harvest
personnel
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: Large cuts of softwoods in mixedwood stands, and light cutting for hardwoods, can convert some stands to hardwoods. "Is it desirable or undesirable? Will residual hardwoods make satisfactory growth? Will they be sound upon reaching merchantable size? Can the land owner afford to do anything different than this?"
Date: 1950

Image showing a skidder pulling cut trees out of forest.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
equipment
road
personnel
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 52
Description: Image showing a skidder pulling cut trees out of forest.
Date: 1950