ILLUSTRATIONS 



Plates 



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 Plate I. Students of the Yale Forest School cruising timber 



in a Texas shortleaf pine forest Frontispiece 



II. Fig. 1. — Top broken from falling on a stump 33 



Fig. 2. — Very crooked log ready for loading 33 



III. Fig. 1. — Example of very wasteful cutting of a 



forked tree 35 



Fig. 2. — Unnecessary waste in log-making 35 



IV. Fig. 1. — Section below the top shown in Plate V . . 37 

 Fig. 2. — Waste in a top 37 



V. Waste in the top of the tree shown in Plate IV, Fig. 1 39 



Text Figures 



Fig. 1. Method of cutting windfalls 24 



2. Forked tree improperly cut 26 



3. Forked trees improperly prepared 27 



4. Proper method of cutting rough tops 29 



