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Forest Club Annual 



This table holds true provided the temperature is maintained 

 at the average point, approximately 200 F. If the lumber is re- 

 turned to the kiln because of insufficient drying, it is returned for 

 a period long enough, in the judgment of the operator, to com- 

 plete the drying process. From a nearby shingle mill it was 

 learned that shingles are kiln-dried for a period of eight days at 

 a temperature of approximately 180 F. 



Below is given the number of men, names of the position, 

 and the work each man performs in stacking 100,000 feet of 

 lumber a day and placing it in the kiln. The name of the position 

 each holds is purely local and has no special significance other 

 than that of identification. A full crew consists of seventeen men, 

 but frequently in case of shortage the handstackers and flunkey 

 are missing. While the kiln is in operation all the time, including 

 Sunday, the stacker crew, with the exception of the car-heavers 

 and two or three extra men, works only six days a week with over- 

 time of 2% hours two or three times a week. The car-heavers 

 and the two or three additional men must appear Sunday fore- 

 noon to fill whatever chambers are ready and to make small 

 needed repairs. 



As soon as the lumber is in the kiln the crew at the lower 

 end takes charge. The boss of this crew looks after the heating of 

 the kiln, keeps a record of all the cars placed in the kiln by the 

 crew above, and discharges, or pulls as it is familiarity termed, 

 the ones that are ready. 



Like the arrangement above there is just one crew of men, 

 who, with the exception of the two car-heavers and the boss, work 

 only week days with perhaps two or three times a week over-time 

 of 2Vi> hours. The car-heavers and the boss pull whatever cars 

 are ready on Sunday morning. A full crew consists of seventeen, 



