UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 711 



Cantribntion firora the Forest Service 

 EmNKT S. GRAVES, Forester 



WaBhington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER November 14, 1918 



LOGGING IN THE DOUGLAS FIR 



REGION 



By 

 WILLIAM H. GIBBONS, Forest Examiner 



CONTENTS 



Object 1 



I%e Region 2 



Logging in General i 



Felling and Backing 30 



Primary ILog Transportation 56 



Loadins ...^ 154 



T&K 



Railroad Transportation £'^ 



Railroad Inclines 217 



Unloading . 22i/ 



Water Transportation 2MJ 



General Expenses . , 249 



Total Cost of Logging at One Opetatios . . 26S. 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICK 



1918 



