Felling. 



Trees shoiild be felled, if possible, in open 

 spaces free from underbrush and 3^onng growth, preferably 

 downhill. The tree should always be "sighted" as it may 

 lean so much as to preclude its falling in the desired direc- 

 tion. Trees should be undercut with a saw and then chopped 

 out. Tho undercut should be snail and should not exceed one- 

 quarter of the diameter. Ve^ little undercut; is necessary 

 to "point " r a tree with little lean. The failure to put a 

 tree in the right place often causes a large increase in the 

 cost of handling that particular tree and ths unnecessary des- 

 truction of much young growth. A special effort should be 

 laade to secure skilled timber fillers for this work- 



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Peeling. 



Care should be teLen to peel the tree far enough 

 so that the limbs and brush in biirning will be sufficient to 

 destroy the bark on the remainder or top part of the trun].. 

 Various tools have been tried for peeling, but have been in- 

 variably discarded for an axe. These tools have also oe^n 

 found inconvenient on accoiint of the added weight in moving 

 from tree to tree. 



Burning. 



Crews have had considerable trouble in burning in- 



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