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Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. It was common practice for operators to buy a forty-acre tract of timberland and steal timber from adjacent lands. Wisconsin

Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. It was common practice for operators to buy a forty-acre tract of timberland and steal timber from adjacent lands. Wis

Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. It was common practice for operators to buy a forty-acre tract of timberland and steal timber from adjacent lands. Wis

Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. Wisconsin

Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. Wisconsin

Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. Wisconsin

Condition of forest as left by one of the lumbering companies operating at the present time. No attempt is made to clean up. "The price of lumber would skyrocket," said the foreman of this lumber company. Land in this condition is resold to individuals who cut up what is suitable for cordwood. Then the land is ready for sale for cut-over farming. Wisconsin

Condition of forest as left by one of the lumbering companies operating at the present time. No attempt is made to clean up. "The price of lumber would skyrocket," said the foreman of this lumber company. Land in this condition is resold to individuals who cut up what is suitable for cordwood. Then the land is ready for sale for cut-over farming. Wisconsin

Wood shavings and piling. Remnants of logging operations at Winton, Minnesota

Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. It was common practice for operators to buy a forty-acre tract of timberland and steal timber from adjacent lands. Wisconsin

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Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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wisconsin cut over land safety film negatives wisconsin dells wis logs woods operations waste timber ownership exploitation practice operators forty acre tract forty acre tract timberland lands library of congress
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01/01/1937
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Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
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Wisconsin Dells (Wis.) ,  43.62750, -89.77083
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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wisconsin cut over land safety film negatives wisconsin dells wis logs woods operations waste timber ownership exploitation practice operators forty acre tract forty acre tract timberland lands library of congress