572 INDEX 



Maxwell, Hu., on the commercial woods of the United States, 24, 470. 

 McGiffert log loader, 327. 

 McGrath, T. S., on timber bonds, 44, 476. 

 Measure, board, 107. 

 cord, 114. 



cubic, 107, 113, 114. 

 Measurement, acid wood, 107. 

 crossties, 107. 

 excelsior wood, 107, 117. 

 firewood, 107, 117. 

 hoop poles, 107. 

 lumber, 108. 

 mine timber, 107. 

 novelty wood, 107. 

 poles, 107. 

 posts, 107. 



pulpwood, 107, 113, 117. 

 shingle bolts, 107. 

 spool wood, 107. 

 stave bolts, 107, 117. 

 units of, 107. 

 Measuring stick for log-making, 84. 

 Medical attention, logging camps, 70. 



Mereen, J. D., on the use of electricity in logging operations, 221, 475. 

 Methods, logging (see logging methods). 

 Metric system, 107. 



Michigan, railroad, the first logging, in the United States, 247. 

 stumpage values in, 9, 19, 20, 22, 539. 

 sunken logs, raising, 392. 

 value of, 393. 

 Miller, Udo., on the measurement of wood, 115. 

 Mine timbers, transport in flumes, 394, 396, 410, 412, 413. 

 Minnesota, log marks, validity of, 372. 



stumpage values in, 539, 540. 

 surveyor-general, rights and duties of, 370, 372. 

 Minnesota National Forest, 28. 

 Minor industries, 439. 

 Mississippi, stumpage values in, 23, 541. 

 Mississippi River, boom companies on, 369. 

 log marks used on, 371. 

 logs lost on drives, per cent of, 345. 

 sawing season on, 344. 

 Missouri, railroad equipment used on a logging operation in, 320. 

 Mohr. Charles., on the naval stores industry, 458, 477. 



on the timber pines of southern United States, 24, 458. 

 Montana, flume operation, crew required for, 410. 

 flume terminals used in, 404. 

 incline operated in, 298. 

 log wagon used in, 187. 

 logs lost in drives, per cent of, 345. 

 slides used in, 230. 

 wage list, 531. 

 Morrell, F. W., on factors influencing logging and lumbering costs in Colorado, 



470. 

 Motive power required on logging railroads, 319. 

 Mud sills for dams, 350. 

 Mule cart, 185. 



Mules, advantages as a draft animal for logging purposes, 131. 

 daily output when snaking logs, 154. 

 hauling logs cart with, 184, 185. 



