I02 Forestry Quarterly. 



Yarder upkeep (H estimate), 500 



Reader upkeep ( l/i estimate) , 8. 25 



Total daily cost, 3,000 foot haul for 50,000 to 75,000 feet B. M., $76.25 



Per one thousand feet of logs : 



Electric, $0.51 



Steam, $1.00 to $1.50 



At a meeting of Southern Logging Superin- 

 Logging tendents Association the following maxi- 



Costs. mum and minimum costs of logging was 



given : 



Cost per Thousand Log Scale. 



Arkansas. Texas. Louisiana. Mississippi. 

 Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. 



1. Cutting right of way, 



breaking ground, 

 gradinsf and build- 

 ing bridges, .146 .16 .30 .47 .27 .59 .22 .75 



2. Taking up, laying 



steel and repairs 



to track, .51 .55 .282 .30 .21 .38 .21 .25 



3. Cutting logs, .336 .37 .23 .45 .14 .59 .28 .35 



4. Hauling or skidding 



to tracks, .353 .63 .45 1.61 .49 2.09 1.60 1.80 



5. Cost of loading logs 



on cars, .219 .22 .176 .50 .17 .58 .28 .31 



6. Feed, .16 .22 .126 .374 .12 .2,6 .14 .18 



Total stump to pond, $2.53 $4.00 $1.43 $4.57 $2.10 $4.75 $2-30 $2.70 

 Lumber Trade Journal. 



A saw blade with a sprocket wheel at each 

 Endless end and a sprocket chain with teeth on the 



Chain outside constitutes the endless chain saw. 



Saw. Any sort of power may be used to run the 



chain. A three and one-half foot saw re- 

 quires about seven horse-power ; a two foot saw, about four horse- 

 power. The saws may be turned at any angle so that trees may be 

 felled or logs cut to shorter lengths either on land or in the pond. 

 A 20-inch tree can be felled in 20 seconds. The portable felling 

 outfit weighs 500 pounds. — St. Louis Lumberman, September, 

 1911. 



