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to go over 2.5 acres, where 27,000 feet were removed and 50,000 feet 

 left. At the rate of $2 per day, $22.50 was the cost of the work of the 

 improvement thinning, or an average of $0.83 per thousand by day 

 labor. 



The logging of this tract was done upon a low, four-wheeled truck 

 for two horses, since it was found to be more handy in driving about 

 the trees than the ordinary wooden-shod sled or " skid." On snow a 

 traverse sled was used. A few of the trees had to be snaked out with 

 a horse, but ordinarily two men could handle the logs by actually pick- 

 ing them up and carrying them to the sled or truck. The ordinary con- 

 tracting price for logging this lot would not be over $1.50 per thousand, 

 and the additional expense for picking the logs up from among the 

 trees left standing was not over $0.15 per thousand. 



CONCLUSION. 



Up to date (December, 1909) there are no bad results in the stand 

 left. 



From a practical standpoint there seem to be quite definite con- 

 clusions that it is possible to thin out a pine growth fifty years of age 

 with an additional cost of not over $0.15 per thousand for chopping 

 and $0.15 per thousand for the logging under ordinary conditions. 



JOSEPH J. DEARBORN. 

 AUG. 15, 1908. 



