. American forestry. Forests and forestry. Yale Forestry Class in the Woods Bv James L. Goodwin ONE iimrning early in Maixli. tliirly of us, en- After hastily swallowing a scanty breakfast at the thusiastic Yale Forest School seniors, awoke hotel, we embarked on the special train, consisting of a U> gaze fmm the windows of our special sleeper caboose and engine, which the company had provided, at the little mill town of Clarks in northern Louisiana, and were taken S miles over the logging railroad to upon which the sun was shining with a warmth and the site which had been selected for our c
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. Yale Forestry Class in the Woods Bv James L. Goodwin ONE iimrning early in Maixli. tliirly of us, en- After hastily swallowing a scanty breakfast at the thusiastic Yale Forest School seniors, awoke hotel, we embarked on the special train, consisting of a U> gaze fmm the windows of our special sleeper caboose and engine, which the company had provided, at the little mill town of Clarks in northern Louisiana, and were taken S miles over the logging railroad to upon which the sun was shining with a warmth and the site which had been selected for our camp, brilliance which we had not felt for many weeks. This A half hour's run brought us to our destination and town and its surrounding woods was to be our home for three months, and here, according to the annual custom of the Forest School, we were to put into practice the principles of for- estry accjuired in the lecture room and learn from the actual operations in the woods and the mill how the tall pine trees of the forest are converted into lumber for our towns and cities. We were not long in starting on a tour of investigation of our new surroundings. The first point of interest that attracted our attention was the general supply store, over whose wide doorway was written in big let- ters, "The Louisiana Central Lumber Co., and in and out of which sauntered in leisurely southern fashion long, lanky lumbermen and negroes, while a group of farmers whose horses were hitched to various trees and juists in the vicinity stood on the front steps and dis- cussed the crop and timber out- put and vigorously chewed tobacco. Xext to the store stood the hotel, a large white building, with vine-covered. CAMP 01- THR YALE FOREST STUDENTS Here in the depths of the lonely Louisiana pine woods, the boys made their camp of fifteen canvas houses, including a cook shanty and bunkhouse, each tent being titted witli a wooden floor and made thoroughly comfortable- we landed Ijag and baggage
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