required. Tallying the faces is unnecessary, as an accurate record of 

 these can be kept from the number of crates of cups used. 



On bo.ml limber. The six laborers with the cornering axes are 

 unnecessary in applying this system to boxed timber, as the chipping 

 of the previous season furnishes the flat faces required. The remainder 

 of the work is therefore the same as on virgin, or unboxed, timber. 



Whether the cup system is applied to virgin or to boxed timber, the 

 best labor available should be assigned to the axes. If that work is 

 well done, there will be no difficulty with the rest. 



SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EQUIPMENT. 



The following descriptions give in detail the essential features of the 

 cups and gutters required by the new system. 



CUPS. 



The cups used are of clay, and are similar to flower pots. The form 

 recommended is shown in fig. 1, and has the following dimensions: 



Inches. 



Top_-_ diameter inside- _ 5i 



Bottom.. do___ 3i 



Depth . 7 



Rim__ deep_-_ 2 



The bottom should be oval inside and flat outside, and the side walls 

 one-fourth of an inch thick. A nail hole half an inch in diameter 

 should be placed half an inch from the top of the rim. This cup has 

 the same capacity as the standard box. 



GUTTERS. 



On account of the variable size of trees, and consequently of the width 

 of the faces, it is best to purchase the gutter iron in long strips 2 inches 

 wide, which can be subsequently cut into the desired lengths. For 

 this purpose a pair of No. 8 tinner's snips can be used, but care should 

 be taken to avoid turning the corner of the iron where the cut is first 

 made. One thousand and eighty-six pounds of No. 29, or 2,050 pounds 

 of No. 28, gage galvanized sheet iron will furnish gutters for one crop 

 of 10,500 cups. The gutters commonly needed range from 6 to 12 

 inches long. After the iron is cut to the proper lengths, it is necessary 

 to bend each piece to an angle of about 120 along its full length 

 (fig. 3). No expensive apparatus is needed for this bending; a simple 

 wooden machine (fig. 2) costing about 50 cents to make is sufficient. 

 In operating this device, the flat piece of gutter iron is dropped into the 

 narrow slit (A) and the handle (B) is pulled forward until the motion 

 is stopped by the beveled edge (C). The bent gutter is then removed. 

 A few minutes' practice enables a boy to bend from twenty to twenty- 

 five gutters per minute. 



