. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. May, 1903 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 2,- east and west or a north and south government survey line. He follows the blazed line, keeping- an eye out for "witness" trees which mark a section corner or quarter post. Arriving' at his description his duties consist in determining the amount and quality of the timber on the land, the facilities for logging, and the "shape of the surface," which he records in a book. The land-looker said :—"I have tented f
. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. May, 1903 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 2,- east and west or a north and south government survey line. He follows the blazed line, keeping- an eye out for "witness" trees which mark a section corner or quarter post. Arriving' at his description his duties consist in determining the amount and quality of the timber on the land, the facilities for logging, and the "shape of the surface," which he records in a book. The land-looker said :—"I have tented for weeks in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Wisconsin and Min- nesota, when the snow was five feet deep in the pine woods, and have had to dig down into the snow under my snowshoes to find the government blazes and scribe. The Patent Wisconsin CampJStove[Manufactured^by iWatson" Brothers, Marinette. on'vvitness trees, wit!Ta'"'temperature*al/'40*be1ow zero.' He also stated that he had travelled for many miles on snow-shoes, the intense cold so contracting the strings that walking on them in the crisp snow produced a squeak like a harsh violin note. At that time their diet consisted of oatmeal, cornmeal, condensed milk and flour. From the latter they made a "dough-god" or "; This with coffee and pork was consid- ered good living. He said, "I have been attacked by wolves, been pulled out from under the ice of a freezing lake, and had my blood chilled by the catamount's ; Some of the old cooks have been in Wisconsin since they started to "clean out" the forest. In conversa- tion with many of them I found that they had some brilliant ideas. Among other things they knew of was the fact that fresh meat beginning to sour, will sweeten if placed out of doors in the air over night, and milk which has changed may be rendered fit for use by stir- ring in a little soda. One of the foremen told me that the getting of goo
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