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Post Office Corner, Worthington, Mass. W.M. Shaw's Store
1908 postcard, black and white, lithographed showing "Post Office Corner, Worthington, Mass. W.M. Shaw's Store" from south. Mailed to Mrs. J. G. Blackman in Holyoke. Message reads: Aug. 16, 1908. I am glad you liked thew pictures even though you want…
John Jarvis and brother Constantine (Connie) at Jarvis Farm
John Jarvis (1888-1967), immigrated from Lithuania in 1910 and eventually settled in Worthington along with his sister, Mary. His farm at the corner of Indian Oven Road and Old Post Road (no longer extant) was known for its large number of turkeys.…
John Jarvis with turkeys, Indian Oven Road
John Jarvis (1888-1967), immigrated from Lithuania in 1910 and eventually settled in Worthington along with his sister, Mary. His farm at the corner of Indian Oven Road and Old Post Road (no longer extant) was known for its large number of turkeys.…
Logging spruce plantation
Spruce logs have been cut to length and loaded into a truck for transportation to a saw mill. These logs will be used for building a log cabin.
Logging spruce plantation
The spruce plantation has been cut. The logs are queued for further processing. The pollards are stacked for chipping. These tree-tops are clean, they will be chipped for burning as bio-mass at the Cooley Dickenson Hospital in Northampton.
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Logged Spruce Plantation
The spruce plantation has been removed using a 'feller buncher'. The logs have been removed from the site. The green needles on the ground will decompose. It will be necessary either to graze a few goats in the cut area, or plan to brush hog the…
Logging spruce plantation
Logs are in queue for further processing. The picker is picking up clean boughs for chipping. The ships will be used to generate steam at Cooley Dickenson Hospital in Northampton.
Spruce logs queued for processing
Spruce logs from spruce plantation have been cut and stacked. They are to be skidded to a central location for further processing.
Cutting Spruce Plantation
Cutting spruce plantation. The 'feller buncher' with one operator has been working for about 1.5 hours; he has taken down about 50 trees or so. The machine can cut a 12-inch tree in about 1 second! This is extremely efficient timber harvesting!
Cutting Spruce Plantation
The 'feller buncher' consists of a boom, grabbing hooks and a disc. The disc has teeth that are about 1-in x 1-in x 1-in, far larger (as expected) than a chainsaw. The hydraulically-driven disc is visible at the end of the boom. The operator just…
Cutting Spruce Plantation
The first of an estimated 1,700 trees is coming down. It snowed last night; powder snow has shaken off the tree as it is being cut.
Harvesting Spruce Trees
This video depicts the mechanical harvesting of a spruce plantation that was planted in the 1930's as part of a 'make work' project on the part of a wealthy landowner.