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grew taller and larger for years before it could be called 

 a tree, and that it was between fifty and a hundred 

 years old before it was large enough to cut down for 

 timber. 



The lumberman selects trees which have large, straight 

 trunks. They are usually cut with the ax, although the 



FIG. 64. Felling a Tree 



first cut is often made partially through the trunk with a 

 saw. The branches are then chopped off and the body of 

 the tree cut into lengths convenient for handling. They 

 are rolled into a stream and floated down the river to a 

 sawmill, or, in case there is no river near by, are carted 

 on sleds or wagons to the railroad and thence to the mill. 



