252 THE PRINCIPLES OF HANDLING WOODLANDS 



The best time for piling brush is during the cutting 

 and skidding of the timber. As the branches are lopped 

 from the stem they are immediately cut up and thrown 

 on a pile. The work is done by the regular trimming 

 crew, and, ordinarily, the extra work requires the ad- 

 dition of only one man to the regular number. The 

 advantages of organizing the brush-piling work in this 

 way are: 



1. The brush is cleared at once for the skidding 

 of the logs. 



2. The work is done more cheaply than if the brush 

 is piled by a separate crew after the logging is com- 

 pleted; besides, the trimmers have to throw aside the 

 brush in any case to clear the way for skidding. Piling 

 after the logging means a second handling of the brush, 

 and is an expensive operation on account of the inevitable 

 difficulties of picking up the branches from tangled piles. 



3. The men work more efficiently and cheerfully 

 when part of a trimming crew than when they do noth- 

 ing but pile brush. 



4. Supervision is more effective and less costly 

 when the brush is piled with the logging than when it is 

 a separate later operation. 



Sometimes, when the logging is done in the winter, it 

 is impracticable to burn brush at the time of logging, in 

 the way described in the previous pages, or on account 

 of the deep snow, to pile the brush for later burning. 

 In this event the piling is done in the spring, as soon 

 as the snow permits. 



