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Fender Boom. See shear boom. 



Fender Skid. A skid placed on the lower side of a 

 skidding trail on a slope to hold the log on the trail 

 while being skidded. 



Fid Hook. A slender, flat hook used to keep another 

 hook from slipping on a chain. 



Filer. One who files the saws. A saw fitter. 



Final Yield. All material derived from reproduction 

 cuttings or clean cuttings. It is usually the chief 

 crop, and marks the end of the rotation. 



Fire Line. A strip kept clear of inflammable material 

 as a protection against the spread of forest fire. 



First Growth. 1. Natural forest in which no cuttings 

 have been made. 2. Trees grown before lumbering 

 or severe fire entered the forest; belonging to the 

 original stand. 



Fitter. 1. One who notches the tree for felling and 

 after it is felled, marks the log lengths into which it 

 is to be cut. 2. One who cuts limbs from felled 

 trees and rings and slits the bark, preparatory to 

 peeling tanbark. 



Float. See drive. 



Float Road. A channel cleared in a swamp and used 

 to float cypress logs from ihe woods to the boom at 

 the river or mill. 



Flood. See splash. 



Flood Dam. See splash dam. 



Flume. 1. To transport logs or timbers by a flume. 

 2. An inclined trough in which water runs, used in 

 transporting logs or timbers. 



Flunkey. An assistant, usually either to the engineer 

 of a donkey engine or to the cook in a logging camp; 

 a chore boy. 



Flying Drive. A drive the main portion of which is 

 put through with the utmost dispatch, without stop- 

 ping to pick rear. 



Fly Rollway. A skidway or landing on a steep slope, 

 from which the logs are released at once by removing 

 the brace which holds them. 



Fore and Aft Road. A skid road road made of logs 

 placed parallel to its direction, making the road re- 

 semble a chute. 



Forest. An area whose principal crop is trees. A 

 forest includes both the forest cover and the soil be- 

 neath it. A forest judged by the character of the 

 stand may be timberland or woodland. These consti- 

 tute the two great classes of forests, between which 

 is is possible to draw a practical but not an ab- 



