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CALIFORNIA TANBARK OAK. 

 TABLE 3. Analyses of bark wasted in abandoned tops. 



Although peeling into limby crowns adds disproportionately to the 

 expense because of the thinner bark and the extra trouble to get it, 

 nevertheless waste could be lessened economically through closer 

 supervision of the peelers. 



It is customary to peel all the trees, even down to poles from 3 to 8 

 inches in diameter. One or two coils are taken from these poles 

 without felling them. This practice, called "jayhawking," also leads 

 to waste in bark. The two coils, which can be taken off without 

 cutting the tree down, do not always include all the bark worth 

 taking. In some districts " jayhawked" trees are frequent with clear 

 trunks for 20 feet above the last coil taken and bark three-quarters 

 of an inch thick. The quality of such waste is shown by the analyses 

 given in Table 4. 



TABLE 4. Analyses of bark left on "jayhawked" trees, southern Humboldt County. 



TRANSPORTATION. 



The bark curls up hi three weeks and is then tough enough to 

 stand handling. It is "bunched" or gathered together in small 

 regular piles. The swampers cut narrow sled roads through the 

 woods to the bunches of bark and it is sledded to the wagon road, 

 where it is corded up. In some districts the bark is carried out on 

 mule back, loaded on iron panniers. 



After the bark is sledded a woodsman is sent through the woods to 

 sack the chips and search for bark which has been overlooked or 



