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years; it mosses over and gets heavy and gets down; we calculate 

 about two years. 



Q. When a fire gets in I differ with you about that ? 



A. You probably know more about lumber than I do. 



Q. When fire gets in so it will- run, what does it do to green timber? 



A. It has the tendency of killing it. 



Q. In what way ? 



A. Heating the upright and also burning the soil around it. 



Q. So that it kills it off, and if a fire runs through the remaining 

 timber is generally spoiled? 



A. Very apt to be. ' 



By Mr. Cameron: 



Q. You peel the hemlock trees ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. You leave the bark in the woods? 



A. No, sir; we take the bark out; we deliver it to our tanners out- 

 side or sell the bark on the trees, which is the course we have gener- 

 ally pursued. 



Q. Are there tanneries up there near your mill ? 



A. Yes, sir; three. 



Q. You draw that bark from the woods to those tanneries? ' 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. What do you get for it ? 



A. The general price is about a dollar on the tree; it nets about a 

 dollar on the tree. 



Q. You sell the bark\on the tree ? 



A. That has been the course we pursued in most cases; sometimes 

 we delivered; this summer I delivered. 



Q. What do you get for it delivered? 



A. Five to six dollars a cord. 



Q. Do you measure, it or weigh it? 



A. It is weighed. 



Mr. Anibal.— How many pounds to the cord, they have been chang- 

 ing that rule ? 



A. That depends altogether on the tannery you sell to; one tannery 

 takes 2,000 pounds and the other 2,240; it is a subject of agreement 

 at the time of sale. 



By Chairman Ryan: 



Q. Weighed at the tannery or in the woods ? 



A. It is weighed "at the tannery; it is fair to say that even at the 

 2,000 pounds they put in fifty and a hundred pounds- a load for damp 

 weather, if you are caught in a rain shower or a little snow. 



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