Waukon Ia - A team composed of Don Van Horne and Thomas Mohn, both of Waukon, was the winner of a two-man log sawing contest held in conjunction with the woodlot management demonstration near here Thursday. Joe Haas, of Waukon, was first in the chopping competition.

In the demonstration, conducted on the Herman Kerndt farm by the Iowa agricultural extension service, an estimated 85 farmers of the area were shown how a farm woodlot should be managed for best returns.

The Kerndt woodlot, where the demonstration took place, contains nine acres of trees. Robert B. Grau, assistant extension forester and Warren Kerndt, of Waukon, son of the woodlot owner, had marked the trees for cutting before the demonstration. I.L. Christensen, district conservationist of the soil conservation service from Elkader, explained the relationship of the woodlot to a farm conservation plan. George Kaufman, state conservation officer of Lansing, told how a lack of cover has decreased the wildlife population of Iowa.

Six two-man teams were entered in the sawing contest. Each team made two cuts in a fallen log, the best time determing the winner. Van Horne and Mohn made their two cuts in one minute, 17.5 seconds. Next closest time was one minute, 24 sceonds.

(top) The two-man sawing team of Thomas Mohn, left, and Don Van Horne, both of Waukon, took first place in the cross-cut sawing contest held Thursday in conjuction with the woodlot management demonstration in Allamakee county. Mohn and Van Horne sawed to sections off the fallen log in one minute, 17.5 seconds.

(right) Joe Haas, of Waukon poses with the new ax he won by taking first place in a chopping contest on the Herman Kerndt farm near Waukon. Haas chopped through the log in 37.5 seconds.