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G. Fountain building truck road on Comp. 19, using TD-6 bulldozer. The sawlogs have been cut, but the white birch has not.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: logging
equipment
road
Organisms: paper birch
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 19
Description: G. Fountain building truck road on Comp. 19, using TD-6 bulldozer. The sawlogs have been cut, but the white birch has not.
Date: 11/20/1953

Stand before cutting. Looking south from 57" white pine stump. Photo taken from log deck.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: pre-harvest
Organisms: white pine
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 19
Description: Stand before cutting. Looking south from 57" white pine stump. Photo taken from log deck.
Date: 10/23/1953

Old growth white pine stump 57" diameter at 2 feet above ground. Annual rings could be counted 30' above ground -- 227 years. Estimated age of tree about 250. Sound above 30'. Total height 147'. Merchantable length 87'. 6' of butt cull, next 22' contained rot but was merchantable 65' sound logs. 7' broken section. 45' top not merchantable. E. and B. Sussice in photo.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: stump
old growth
harvest
Organisms: white pine
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 19
Description: Old growth white pine stump 57" diameter at 2 feet above ground. Annual rings could be counted 30' above ground -- 227 years. Estimated age of tree about 250. Sound above 30'. Total height 147'. Merchantable length 87'. 6' of butt cull, next 22' contained rot but was merchantable 65' sound logs. 7' broken section. 45' top not merchantable. E. and B. Sussice in photo.
Date: 10/23/1953

Bert and Ernest Sussice decking white pine logs. Initial cut to establish a shelterwood for reproduction.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: log deck
shelterwood
harvest
Organisms: white pine
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 19
Description: Bert and Ernest Sussice decking white pine logs. Initial cut to establish a shelterwood for reproduction.
Date: 10/23/1953

Team skidding log with tongs. This is team which E. Sussice used for skidding along sawlogs on #18 & #19. When logs were small he used only a single horse. Team belongs to the contractor, G. Fountain.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: logging
horse skidding
personnel
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 19
Description: Team skidding log with tongs. This is team which E. Sussice used for skidding along sawlogs on #18 & #19. When logs were small he used only a single horse. Team belongs to the contractor, G. Fountain.
Date: 10/23/1953

A shelterwood cut has been made to get more reproduction before the final cut 10-15 years later. This compartment is meant to produce an even-aged stand of red spruce, balsam fir, and white pine.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: shelterwood
Organisms: red spruce
fir
white pine
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 19
Description: A shelterwood cut has been made to get more reproduction before the final cut 10-15 years later. This compartment is meant to produce an even-aged stand of red spruce, balsam fir, and white pine.
Date: 10/23/1953