THE LOG SCALE 



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owned, logged and manufactured by the same firm. In the latter case, 

 the purpose of the scale is merely to provide a basis for the payment 

 of contractors for logging or sawyers for felling, or for checking the com- 



Fio. 10. — Forms of scale sticks in use. 



parative efficiency of crews or camps. Finally, the woods scale deter- 

 mines the quantity of timber felled, thus keeping track of the operation, 

 while a re-scale at the mill permits the keeping of costs and credits 

 separately, on the basis of the volume of logs delivered, between the 



