V/uod iQ left in whe Forast till Spring or Sxumner 

 to become dry and li.^ht. It io romoved by the roepootlve 

 ourehaoera who have either bid for lar~e ruantltiee or pur- 

 chaaed omr.llor amounts in private oalc^ Cord'TOod, poles 

 and snail tir.bore /.re ronovo^ in v^/jone. Trcac 'hich p.ro 

 to tnr.lce sawlo.jB are removed "hole. They ere loaded by c;~3t~ 

 hooks or by a "oroaohaul" T/lth one horae, upon tTO pair of 

 wheels --hioh arc placed at r vriyln;: Metcnoe depending upon 

 tho length of the material. ?or lon/f 60 or BO foot ste-is 

 -I--.-"- BCJ bo 40 or 50 foot ; part. The rocds ere DO perfect 

 thrt raore ohr:n t- o hort-oe nro ncv^r -e-.uired ovon for the 

 hor.viest lords. "or a fivo-mile hrul t-^o tripe r. day r.re 

 made, the lond ofton being throo or RCBTJ four cubic meters. 



Sorwm snvTmills are RB vc.riod as our O-TI. Larrjo 

 nille ere very seldom soon, exir.tin- only in n few lo.r^e 

 lumbering con'.ors. 3one ere very 3mr.il. The loill ie by 

 no merino rare '~hero the o~nor starts tho CD" on a lo^ and 

 then iair.cs his COVTS in ti^ie to preprro for the second out. 

 The noe'c orc'in; ry out is c esirll 'titcr-povrer concern eraploy- 

 inrj 6 to 12 mon. 



The -inber, ~hen it r.rrives r.t the mill, is stored 

 in the yard till deeiror for te-.-lnj. The 10:17 cteas are cut 

 by hand to tha ezsct len^i/h deslrec t,o that no -irinrain"; in 

 the mill io needed. The lojs rro brought into tho nill on 

 emr-ll trucks or may bo rolled into c pond and drn3-red in frith 

 the chain haul as is used in mnny of our mills. The caw 

 rrorks vrith B slow up nr.C. do~n stro.'re on Lho f-rdlir.r -anssaw 

 principle. Ono or nore blades fro ueod depending on the 

 pov7or ;;vaileble, thoujh thoy ere usurlly Buifioiont to raclro 

 tho t"osirod nunbcr oT cute in n 105 without r- ceoonr trip. 



All lojo ere sirwod through and through, t:inoe the 

 eraount of clear lumber to be ob'jtxinod by turning is prroti- 

 cully ne.-li-iblo. In fact it may be or.id -hat ortrc:noly 

 little clear lumber IB producer! in Sor.iwiy. Clear hr.rd'vood 

 timber goes into veneer or hi :h-pricod furniture. Clear, 

 so-Tt-v/ood is mainly imported from !"!ue8ia or the United. States 



Tho moot modern mills frequently edfjo thoir boards 

 imne ietely after ending, but >o curious custon still pre- 

 vails in nost cm<:ll mills or removing the 105 to the yerd 

 ezactly as it TG cut. It is Vie re piled .131 vhin yi,ic:or8 

 to dry. ouch u .-arc*, -rotents r curious c.-pe&ranco ir ii;h its 

 "lumber piles" -which p.t first -Irrco rppocr ;o bo piles of 

 lo-js, bat on clocer inr/oc'-ion they r.ppear oval innjcrr* of 

 rounC rnc". r.rc eeon co '.>e uned-cc bocrds lylnj jue. rs vhoy 

 lay in the log. ~uch pilon nrc lo-t till therou^hly dried 



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