Word: lumbering
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...last two years. Formerly, it was a public affair; investigations were carried on by the government, by states and universities. Now it is connected chiefly with private claims. The greatest opportunities for the man with technical knowledge of forestry lie in the increasing employment which is offered by private lumber companies...
...Underwood has acted as lecturer in the biological department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1900, and is an authority on questions relating to the lumber industry in Maine, the extermination of the gypsy and brown tail moths, and other problems of animal life...
...being made to teach the people to live with more comfort. Along the coast, for example, woolen weaving has been established so that during the winter the women can make clothes, and agricultural stations have been located in the less barren parts of the country where experiments are made. Lumber mills have been established, and several peat bogs have been opened. In a word, the most is being made out of the limited resources of the country...
Langmaid, B., lumber business...
Toll, A., Jr., lumber business...