494 ■ TOIBER BONDS 



Snake. See Skid. 

 Snaking Trail. See Gutter Road. 

 Snatch Team. See Tow Team. 



Snib. In river driving, to be carried away purposely, 

 but ostensibly by accident, on the first portion of a 

 jam that moves; to ride away from work under guise 

 of being accidentally carried off. 

 Snipe. See Nose. 



Sniper. One who noses logs before they are skidded. 

 Snow a Road. To cover bare spots in a logging road 



with snow, to facilitate the passage of sleds. 

 Snowbreak. 1. The breaking of trees by snow. 2. An 



area on which trees have been broken by snow. 

 Snow Slide. A temporary slide on a steep slope, made 

 by dragging a large log through deep snow which is 

 soft or thawing; when frozen solidly it may be used 

 to slide logs to a point where they can be reached 

 by sleds. 

 Snub. To check, usually by means of a snub line, the 

 speed of logging sleds or logs on steep slopes, or of a 

 log raft. 

 Softwood. As applied to trees and logs, needle-leafed 



coniferous. 

 Soil. In forest description the origin, composition, depth 

 and moisture of the forest soil are considered under 

 soil. Its depth is defined by the following terms, each 

 of which has its equivalent in inches: 

 Very shalIow=less than six inches 

 Shallow =six to twelve inches 



Moderate =twelve to twenty-four inches 

 Deep =twenty-four to thirty-six inches 



Very deep =over thirty-six inches 

 The moisture of the soil is defined by the following 



terms: 

 Wet: When water drips from a piece held in the 



hand without pressing. 

 Moist: When water drips from a piece pressed in the 



hand. 

 Fresh: When no water drips from a piece pressed in 



the hand, though it is unmistakably present. 

 Dry: When there is little or no trace of water. 

 Very Dry: When the soil is parched. Such soils are 

 usually caked and very hard, sand being an excep- 

 tion. 

 Solid Jam. 1. In river driving, a jam formed solidly 

 and extending from bank to bank of a stream. 2. A 

 drive is said to be "in a solid jam" when the stream 



