. The Caribbean forester. Forests and forestry Caribbean Area Periodicals; Forests and forestry Tropics Periodicals. Vol. 24 No. 1 - 1963 15. Fig. 1. Participants and instructors, New York State College of Forestry, Summer Session on tropical forestry. Back row from left to right: B. A. Bays, A. G. Clegg, J. Ewel, H. Wis- dom, D. Wyckoff, J. Harris, G. Gruenwoldi, C. B. Briscco. Middle row: H. Barres, J. H> Kraemer, Fox, J. E. Coufal, S. C. Snedaker, H. W. White, Jr. Front row: J. W. Sposta, E. Copus, Jr., J. Hutchinson, R. P. Belanger, V. R. Ortiz. otherwise would have been unusable
. The Caribbean forester. Forests and forestry Caribbean Area Periodicals; Forests and forestry Tropics Periodicals. Vol. 24 No. 1 - 1963 15. Fig. 1. Participants and instructors, New York State College of Forestry, Summer Session on tropical forestry. Back row from left to right: B. A. Bays, A. G. Clegg, J. Ewel, H. Wis- dom, D. Wyckoff, J. Harris, G. Gruenwoldi, C. B. Briscco. Middle row: H. Barres, J. H> Kraemer, Fox, J. E. Coufal, S. C. Snedaker, H. W. White, Jr. Front row: J. W. Sposta, E. Copus, Jr., J. Hutchinson, R. P. Belanger, V. R. Ortiz. otherwise would have been unusable at the disposal of local woodworkers. Under the technical supervision of the program, about 85 trees, mostly mahogany, were logged, and the Sion Farm Sawmill was run intermittently, producing 4,250 board feet of lumber for specialty purposes. Lum- ber was sold at $400 per thousand board feet green, and $500 seasoned. Slabs, crotches, and miscellaneous chunks sold at from 4 to 5 cents a pound. Most of the material was used for furniture, including such novel uses as coffee tables from slabs and crosscut crot- ches, lamps, serving boards, and similar uses which make the most of attractive grain. One cabinetmaker put into use a portable chain ripsaw which has facilitated the removal of individual trees where logging equipment is not available. As a result of efforts by the Institute there are now prospects for operation of the Virgin Islands Corporation logging and milling equipment under con- tract by a cabinetmaker. This would mark an important step forward in Virgin Islands forestry. The VICORP hot-and-cold bath plant for treating fence posts, operated under the tech- nical supervision of the Institute, was used for the preservation of fence posts removed in stand improvement operations in Estate Thomas experimental forest. In all, 550 posts were treated. Most of these are being used to establish fences on farms in key locations dispersed over the islands. These will establish
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