X CONTENTS 



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Spring Boards 83 



Kilhig or Sampson 83 



Measuring Sticks 84 



Peavey 84 



Canthook 85 



Pickaroon 86 



Undercutters 86 



Use of Kerosene 86 



Chapter VII. Felling and Log-making 87 



Season 87 



Deadening 89 



Direction of Fall 89 



Organization of Crews 90 



Cutting Areas 91 



Notching 92 



Felling 93 



Stump Heights 94 



Log-making 95 



Power Bucking 100 



Waste in Log-making loi 



Barking or Rossing 104 



Sniping 105 



Chapter VIII. Measurement of Logs and Other Forest Prod- 

 ucts 107 



Units of Measurement 107 



Board Measure 107 



Log Rules 108 



Cubic Measure 114 



Scaling 117 



Log Grades 125 



PART III. Land Transport 127 



Chapter IX. Animal Draft Power 129 



Oxen 1 29 



Horses 131 



Mules 131 



Rations 132 



Water Requirements 138 



Chapter X. Skidway and Storage Sites 140 



Log Storage in the Forest 140 



Chapter XI. Hand Logging and Animal Snaking i4S 



Hand Logging 145 



Snaking with Animals 146 



Snaking Equipment 150 



Crews and Daily Output 154 



