IV. THE LOGGING OPERATION* 



A. The Timber Cruise. 



1. Methods of cruising and mapping used in the 

 region. 



2. Accuracy required and obtained for both cruise 

 and map. 



3. Character of reports (submit blank forms if 

 possible). 



4. Crew, equipment and supplies required, time con- 

 sumed, and total cost of making a cruise and map 

 of a given area and stand, according to local 

 practice. 



B. Preliminary Work. 



1. Planning the logging operation: methods. 



2. Accuracy with which the various parts of the 

 operation are estimated methods of estimating 

 costs in the field. 



C. Labor. 



1. Nationality. 



2. How employed: day, week, month, year, or 

 contract. 



3. Number of men and duties of each. 



4. Wages and hours of labor. 



5. Bonus or like systems. 



6. Labor organizations. 



7. Total daily expense for labor and board. 



8. Average daily output per man. 



D. Camps. 



1. Factors governing selection of site. 



2. Kind, size, number, and arrangement of buildings 

 required for a given crew. Make a ground plan, 

 drawn to scale, of the camp site showing all 

 buildings and topographic features. 



*Report should be made on all rough products of the 

 forest, such as shingle bolts, fuel-wood, hewed cross ties, 

 poles, posts, stakes, etc., which are removed either at the 

 time of logging or at a later period. 





