98 BULLETIN 711, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGKICULTTJRE. 



Wages per day. 



Hook tender $6. 00 



Rigging slinger ^ 4. 00 



Rigging sliuger 3. 50 



Rigging sliuger 3. 25 



Sniper 3. 00 



Chaser 3. 25-3. 50 



Signalman 2. 50 



Butt chain block tender 3.25 



Fireman 2. 75 



Wood buck ^. 50 



Woodchopper 2. 50 



Engineer . 4. 00 



Log brander 2. 50 



During a part of the year oil was burned in two of the three yard- 

 ers, which reduced the crew of the oil-burning yarders by three 

 men, viz, the fireman, wood buck, and woodchopper. The number 

 and wages of the men, of course, varied some. 



The yarding chances from the standpoint of the ground were for 

 the most part as good as can be found in this region, the average 

 maximum yarding distance amounting to about 800 feet. Seldom, 

 if ever, was the ground steep enough to cause the logs to run. Not 

 less than two logs were yarded at a turn, sometimes three or four, 

 and occasionally as many as five. 



The forest is about 150 years of age and is cutting about 80,000 

 feet per acre, the trees averaging about 28 inches in diameter at 

 breast height. About 95 per cent of the stand is Douglas fir, the rest 

 hemlock. 



The yarders were 10 by 11 inch, compound-geared engines, up-to- 

 date in design, in good repair, and were driven at practically their 

 maximum speed. 



Yarders Nos. 1 and 2 handled longer logs than yarders No. 3, 

 which was due to different methods of marketing. Logs 90 feet 

 or more in length were yarded by these two yarders, the average 

 length amounting to 60 feet. The maximum lengths handled by 

 yarder No. 3 were 40 feet, averaging about 36 feet. 



The effect of handling long logs is shown in the following sum- 

 mary of the yarding output. It will be noted that the daily output 

 of yarder No. 3, which handles short logs, was 15,000 feet less than 

 that of yarder No. 2, and 17,000 feet less than yarder No. 1. While 

 it can not be claimed that the difference in output was entirely due 

 to differences in the log lengths, similarity in the logging chances, 

 methods, equipment, and the like, suggest strongly that this is the 

 reason. The three yarders were of the same size, make, and age. 

 The chances from the standpoint of timber, ground, and yarding 

 distances were practically the same, and the average daily outputs 



