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FELLING TIMBER. 



THIS business of the woodman is usually performed 

 in the winter, on all kinds of trees except oak, and 

 some other kinds, which are not felled till the hark 

 u will run," that is, soon after the bursting of the 

 buds, when the sap is most fluid and in motion. Trees 

 having- a resinous sap may be felled at any time, 

 because it being- less fugitive the timber is less liable 

 to rend in seasoning. 



Trees are either felled by grubbing or cut over by 

 the saw. The former method may be done in the case 

 of single trees, but in thick standing woods, cutting 

 down with the felling saw is not only the most expe- 

 ditious, but, as the tree may be thrown in any direc- 

 tion, it is the most elegible, no damage being done to 

 the surrounding trees. 



Grubbing, that is, first baring and cutting all the 

 roots, is sometimes preferred, because it is thought 

 that a little more timber is obtained thereby, and also 

 that the roots, being at once got up, are easier cut 

 from the butt and got rid of, than grubbing them 

 after the tree has fallen. But this is denied by the 

 best woodmen, who assert that a root, while fast in 

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