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2. A timber placed at the mouth of a slide to direct 

 the discharge of the logs. 



Full Scale. Measurement of logs, in which no reduction 

 is made for defects. 



Future Yield. The amount of wood which given trees 

 upon a given area will contain after a given period. 



Future Yield Table. A tabular statement of future 

 yield. 



Gangway. The incline plane up which logs are moved 

 from the water into a sawmill. 



Gap Stick. The pole placed across the entrance of a 

 sorting jack to close it, when not in use. 



Gee Throw. A heavy, wooden lever, with a curved iron 

 point, used to break out logging sleds. 



Gin Pole. A pole secured by guy ropes to the top of 

 which tackle for loading logs is fastened. 



Glancer. See fender skid. 



Glancer Boom. See shear boom. 



Glisse Skids. Freshly peeled skids upon which logs are 

 slid instead of rolled when being loaded. 



Go Back Road. A road upon which unloaded logging 

 sleds can return to the skidways for reloading, without 

 meeting the loaded sleds en route to the landing. 



Go-Devil. See dray. 



Gooseneck. 1. A wooden bar used to couple two log- 

 ging trunks. 2. The point of draft on a logging 

 sled; it consists of a curved iron hook bolted to the 

 roll. 3. A curved iron driven into the bottom of 

 a slide to check the speed of descending logs. 



Goosepen. A large hole burned in a standing tree. 



Grab Hook. A hook having a narrow throat, adapted 

 to grasp any link of a chain. 



Grab Link. See slip grab. 



Grabs. See skidding tongs. 



Grab Skipper. A short iron pry or hammer, used to 

 remove the skidding tongs from a log. 



Grapples. 1. Two small iron dogs joined by a short 

 chain, and used to couple logs end to end when skid- 

 ding on mountains, so that several logs may be skid- 

 ded by one horse at the same time. See skidding 

 tongs. 



Gravel a Dam. To cover with gravel or earth the 

 upstream side of the timber work of a dam to make 

 it water tight. 



Greaser. See road monkey. 



Grips. See skidding tongs. 



Ground Cover. All small plants growing in a forest ex- 



