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tern of cutting results in high stumps and tops of large diam- 

 eter left in the woods. The sawyers cut the tree at a height 

 which enables them to do the most rapid work, usually 2 to 

 2 T / 2 feet above ground, and do not take time to trim far up 

 in the tops if they are very limby. There is no inspection of 

 the cutting, and therefore the sawyers do about as they 

 please. 



One sealer has charge of all sawing crews. He blazes 

 small areas about 100 feet square in which each crew works, 

 for the scaling is done in the woods where the tree lies after 

 falling. The Doyle-Scribner Rule is used and no deductions 

 are made for defects. The sealer has a rule with a fixed arm 

 and a sliding arm which he uses as a caliper, scaling the 

 logs outside the bark as near the small end as possible. 

 Using a page in a note book for each crew, he records the 

 number of logs and the scale of each log at every stump, 

 and marks each stump with blue crayon when he scales the 

 logs. At night the scale is entered on special forms in the 

 office. As the company insists on the one foot allowance 

 on long logs, the sealer must carry a tape line in order to 

 check the sawyers on lengths, for they are inclined to leave 

 off the extra foot where more limbing is necessary. The 

 sawyers are supposed to notch the logs every 10 feet but 

 they frequently neglect to do this, especially if they have 

 left off the extra foot; so the sealer is forced to check the 

 lengths frequently. The sawyers can not be certain that the 

 sealer has measured all of their logs, since they attempt to 

 remember the number of logs they cut each day instead of 

 recording them. At night their count seldom agrees with 

 that of the sealer and consequently there is some friction. 

 Since there is no method of arbitration, the sealer's record 

 being supreme, this frequently leads to ill feeling on the 

 part of the sawyers against the sealer. The mill overcuts 

 the wood's scale about 25 per cent, as the sawyers realize 

 this they naturally expect the sealer to be liberal with them. 

 The company is satisfied if the logs are of the required 

 length but considerable diplomacy is necessary to satisfy the 

 sawyers. 



After cutting and scaling, the logs are skidded into piles 

 of 1, 2, or 3 depending upon their diameter. This is called 

 "bunching" and is done by horses and swivel tongs. Two 

 teams are used for bunching, each team requiring a teamster 

 or "buncher" and a swamper. The swampers clear the limbs 



