SCALING AND CHECK SCALING IN INDIAN SERVICE 35 



contract is 18 feet. Logs over 18 feet in length are scaled as 

 2 or more logs in length not less than 12 feet when practicable. 



The timber cut from Indian lands is always scaled before it 

 is removed from the cutting area, usually on the land from which 

 it is cut. In some cases, however, it is not practicable to scale 

 on land, because of loading conditions in sleigh or dray haul 

 camps, in which case the logs are scaled on the landing before 

 they are put into the river or stream down which they are taken 

 to the mill. 



When a camp foreman receives his cutting list for the season 

 he confers with the sealer assigned to his camp, and they designate 

 each allotment, or sub-division of 40 acres, by a number as shown 

 in the accompanying diagram (Fig. I.). The reason the descrip- 

 tions to be logged here are scattered is because the area has been 

 logged previously and all other timber removed from the locality. 



As the area is cut over and the logs are skidded the number 

 of the description from which each log is taken is placed on 

 one end of the log, usually on the left hand end when facing 

 the front end of the skidway. These numbers are put on the logs 

 with black lumber crayon by the men who "tail down" at each 

 skidway. The teamsters and foreman keep the logs separated 

 as much as possible so only one description is logged at a time, 

 but when logs are skidded to one skidway from more than one 

 description the skidway man is always told what description the 

 log comes from so he can number it correctly. 



The logs from each description are recorded separately in 

 regular scale books, the lot number always showing the descrip- 

 tion from which the log was cut. Sometimes a sealer is compelled 

 to carry 8 or 10 scale books with him every day, especially 

 in railroad logging, when one branch crosses several descriptions 

 and loads are taken from each. 



When the logs are scaled, each log must be numbered again 

 with the scaling number, on the opposite end from the lot num- 

 ber, and the number on the end of the log must correspond to 

 the number in the scale book opposite which the scale is recorded. 

 This brings the scale number, on the right hand end of the log 

 when facing the front end of the skidway. Of course, this 

 exact method may not be followed but it is easier for the sealer 

 to put the scale number on the right hand end, and it is usually 

 done that way. 



Several species of timber are usually found on each descrip- 

 tion and in order to make the work of recording and report- 

 ing the scale easier, each species is given a series of numbers, 

 or the leading species is given one series, and all others are 

 grouped under another series. In the latter case the mixed 

 logs are grouped under one series but each species is recorded 

 on a separate page, or in a separate column of one page. For 



