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content calculated to the nearest one-half cubic foot, while logs over 9 inches- 

 square and more than 10% feet long have their length measured to the nearest 

 one-half foot, with all fractional cubic feet rejected. (U. K.) 

 See Hoppus String Measure; Liverpool String Measure. 



Camboose, n. A fireplace in the center of the early logging camps of Eastern 

 Canada, which served both for cooking and for heating purposes. (E. C.) 



Camp car. A flat car equipped with seats and used to haul loggers back and 

 forth between camp and the logging operation. (P. C. F.) 

 Syn.: cattle car, mulligan ear (P. C. F.) 



Camp foreman. One who has charge of a logging camp and the logging opera- 

 tions conducted from that camp. (Gen.) 



Syn.: bully (N. F.), push (P. C. F.), twister (App.), shanty boss (E.G.). 



Camp inspector. A lazy lumberjack who goes from one logging camp to another^ 

 working only a short time in each. (N. F.) See Pouch. 

 Syn.: rodeur. (N. C.) 



Canary, n. An iron rod about six feet long with a hook on one end and a 

 handle on the other. It is used to pull the binding chain under a bundle of 

 logs that are to be loaded on logging wheels. (L. S.) 



Cannon a log, to. In loading logs by steam or horse power, to send up a log sa 

 that it swings crosswise instead of parallel to the load. (N. F.) 

 Syn.: gun a log, to. (R. M. F.) 



Cant, n. A log which has been slabbed on one or more sides. (Gen.) 



Cant a log, to. To remove slabs from one or more sides of a log. (Gen.) 



Cant dog. A short-handled peavey. (Gen.) 



Cant flipper. In a sawmill, two or more horizontal bars placed in a line of live 

 rolls; the outer ends are fastened to a common shaft attached to the piston of 

 a steam cylinder, and the near ends are pivoted to a firm support. On elevat- 

 ing the outer ends, cants and boards are transferred at right angles to direc- 

 tion of travel to a temporary storage point behind the gang saw, resaw, or 

 edger. (Gen.) 



Cant hook. A tool like a peavey, but having a toe ring and lip at the end in- 

 stead of a pike. (Gen.) 8ee Peavey. 



Cant setter. In a sawmill, one who places the cants in position for the gang 

 saw. (Gen.) 



Cap, n. A cone of sheet iron or steel, with a hole in the apex through which a 

 chain passes, which is fitted over the end of a log to prevent catching on 

 stumps, roots, or other obstacles in steam skidding. (S. F.) 

 Syn.: Baptist cone. 



Captain. A term applied by negro workmen to the foreman of any crew. (S. F.) 

 See Saw boss; Team boss. 



Carriage, n. (Lum.) A frame on which are mounted the head blocks, set worka^ 

 and other mechanism for holding a log while it is being sawed, and also for 

 advancing the log towards the saw line after a cut has been made. The car- 

 riage frame is mounted on trucks which travel on tracks, the carriage being 

 actuated by a steam feed, cable or rack-and-pinion device, which propels it 

 back and forth past the head saw. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: saw carriage. 

 (Log.) See Trolley. 



Carriage dog, n. A steel tooth-like projection, several of which are attached to 

 a carriage knee and operated by a lever. Carriage dogs are used to hold the 

 log firmly on the carriage. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: Jooard dog (P. C. F.), dog. 



Carriage feed. A device used to drive the sawmill carriage back and forth. It 

 may consist of a rack and pinion, a cable and sheaves, or a large steam cylin- 

 der equipped with a piston which actuates the carriage. In large mills the 

 stpam cylinder is used for short carriages and the cable for long carriages. In 

 portable mills the rack and ]idnion or the cable feed is used. (Gen.) 



