. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 40-45. Forests and forestry. I and large limbs were used for mine props, ties and lagging, and no careless or wasteful methods were permitted. The work was done during the past two winters after the leaves had fallen so that the young growth would be protected. Mrs. Ragna has gained the title, **The Woman Wood Chopper of Wayne County.'^ ]\Ir. I. E. Veley, Coudersport, Potter County, cut over a 90-acre tract of beech and maple 18 years ago. It also contained scattered hemlock trees that were carefully protected during the cutting.
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 40-45. Forests and forestry. I and large limbs were used for mine props, ties and lagging, and no careless or wasteful methods were permitted. The work was done during the past two winters after the leaves had fallen so that the young growth would be protected. Mrs. Ragna has gained the title, **The Woman Wood Chopper of Wayne County.'^ ]\Ir. I. E. Veley, Coudersport, Potter County, cut over a 90-acre tract of beech and maple 18 years ago. It also contained scattered hemlock trees that were carefully protected during the cutting. With an eye on the next timber crop, Mr. Veley cut no trees smaller than 8" at the top of the first log and carefully protected all the young growth. A sample acre of the tract shows that there are now 40 trees from 8 to 15 inches in diameter, 50 trees from 4 to 8 inches in diame- ter and an excellent stand of young maple and beech ly^!' in diameter and 30 feet high. Mr. Veley now has an excellent sugar bush of trees 10" in diameter and over. In 10 years he can cut 35,000 feet of hemlock from his tract, and in 20 years he should have a mature stand of chemical wood for the market. Hon. C. M. Bower of Blain, Perry County, cut 300,000 board feet of second growth lumber from an 80-acre woodlot in 1903-1904 and .*;97,000 board feet from the same tract in 1923-1924. He was careful that the young trees were not injured during the lumber operations and the more valuable kinds of trees were favored for the next timber crop. The timber consisted of oak, pinp. walnut and poplar. More (hail 100,000 board feet of merchantable timber was left after each cutting. Reynolds Bros., Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, clear cut a 40-acre woodlot 32 years ago. The cutting was followed by a fire. Trembling and large tooth aspen grew up abundantly among the more valuable hardwoods. They have just cut 150 cords of aspen pulp wood having a 2" minimum diameter for which they received $
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