472 TIMBER BONDS 



Cruise. To estimate the amount and value of standing 

 timber. 



Cruiser. One who cruises. An estimator, a land looker. 



Cruiser's Bark Blazer. See scratcher. 



Cull. 1. Logs which are rejected, or parts of logs de- 

 ducted in measurements on account of defects. 2. 

 To take out of a forest by selection a portion of the 

 trees. 



Culled Forest. Forest from which cuttings by selection 

 have removed a portion of the trees. 



Current Annual Increment. The volume of wood pro- 

 duced in a given year by the growth of a tree or stand. 



Cut. A season's output of logs. 



Cut a Log. To move one end of a log forward or back- 

 ward, so that the log will roll in the desired direction. 



Cut Off. An artificial channel by which the course of 

 a stream is straightened, to facilitate log driving. 



Cut-Over Forest. Forest in which most or all of the 

 merchantable timber has been cut. 



Cutting Area. The area over which cuttings are to be 

 or have been made. 



Cutting Height. The height above the ground at which 

 a tree is to be cut. See stump height. 



Cutting Series. A block or a part of a block containing 

 even aged stands whose ages differ uniformly within 

 given limits and which are to be cut in turn, the cut- 

 ting usually following a given direction. A perfect 

 cutting series seldom exists, except under the clean cut- 

 ting method followed by artificial reproduction, or 

 under the sprout method. 



Deaden. To kill a standing tree by girdling it. 



Deadening. An area upon which the trees have been 

 deadened. 



Deadener. A heavy log or timber, with spikes set in the 

 butt end, so fastened in a log slide that the logs pass- 

 ing under it come in contact with the spikes and 

 have their speed retarded. 



Deacon Seat. The bench in front of the sleeping bunks 

 in a logging camp. 



Deadhead. A sunken or partly sunken log. 



Deadman. A fallen tree on the shore, or the timber 

 to which the hawser of a boom is attached. 



Deadwater. See Stillwater. 



Decker. One who rolls logs upon a skidway or log deck. 



Decking Chain. See loading chain. 



Deck Up. To pile logs upon a skidway. 



Deer Foot. A V-shaped iron catch on the side of a 

 logging car, in which the binding chain is fastened. 



