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it goes. Soon, with many other logs, it reaches 

 the top and stops. In a few minutes the " sawyer " 

 is ready for it. 



The log is rolled upon the log carriage. This 

 carriage moves backward and forward very 

 rapidly. Each time, the saw takes a thin slice 

 from the log. The great handsaws in the modern 

 mill make short work of the largest log, and one 

 saw cuts up hundreds of logs in a day. 



The handsaw cuts the log into rough planks 

 and bark slabs. The slabs go to the "burner" 

 with the waste wood; smaller saws trim the bark 

 from the edges of the boards, others cut off their 

 uneven ends, and the bright new boards are sent 

 out to the "yard." This is a yard of another 

 sort, where lumber of the same size and kind 

 is stacked together in high piles so that the sun 

 and wind can dry it. The piles stand close to- 

 gether, and narrow alleys run between the rows. 



When a few months' exposure in the open air 

 has dried them out, the piles are torn down. The 

 lumber is loaded on two-wheeled trucks, and 

 drawn by horses to the planing mill. In the plan- 

 ing mill are many smaller saws and planers. The 

 saws cut and trim the boards to many lengths 



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