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is easier to cut a pole than it is to carry one. This tool is in 

 common use in the Northeast. There are several patent tools 

 of similar character used in European forests but they have not 

 met with favor in this country. 



Fig. 19. — A Kilhig or Sampson used in Directing the Fall of a Tree. 



MEASURING STICKS 



The measuring sticks carried by log-makers are usually 8 feet 

 long, where logs 24 feet and under are being cut. In the North- 

 west they are often 10 feet long. They may be made by the 

 sawyers from a straight sapling with little taper, or by the camp 

 blacksmith from squared sticks which are cut to exact length and 

 on which marks are placed at two-foot intervals. Unless measur- 

 ing sticks are metal-tipped, sawyers are apt to chop off one end 

 when marking log lengths on the bole. 



The peavey is used as a lever to handle logs, and is an indis- 

 pensable part of a logger's equipment. The standard maple or 

 ash handle is 5, 5I or 6 feet long, but it may be made in special 



