﻿34 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  remaining 
  stem, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  compliance 
  with 
  the 
  

   law, 
  although 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  result 
  which 
  the 
  

   law 
  intended 
  to 
  accomplish 
  will 
  be 
  secured. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  

   large 
  limbs 
  are 
  left 
  with 
  side 
  branches, 
  much 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  

   dangerous 
  than 
  this 
  small 
  top, 
  yet 
  the 
  law 
  has 
  been 
  fully 
  complied 
  

   with. 
  In 
  some 
  sections 
  peeling 
  hemlock 
  bark 
  is 
  still 
  quite 
  an 
  

   industry 
  and 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  peeled 
  only 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  loose, 
  usually 
  during 
  

   the 
  month 
  of 
  June. 
  In 
  these 
  localities 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  custom 
  to 
  

   fell 
  the 
  trees, 
  peel 
  the 
  bark 
  and 
  defer 
  cutting 
  the 
  trees 
  into 
  logs 
  

   until 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  when 
  help 
  is 
  more 
  plentiful 
  or 
  cheaper. 
  

   In 
  such 
  cases 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  cut 
  into 
  logs 
  often 
  two 
  months 
  after 
  

   felling 
  and 
  the 
  parties 
  agreed 
  to 
  lop 
  the 
  branches 
  when 
  the 
  logs 
  

   were 
  removed. 
  To 
  absolutely 
  require 
  an 
  immediate 
  compliance 
  

   with 
  the 
  law, 
  is 
  to 
  cause 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  operator 
  considerable 
  loss, 
  

   yet 
  the 
  law 
  explicitly 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  tops 
  shall 
  be 
  trimmed 
  at 
  the 
  

   time 
  of 
  felling. 
  There 
  are 
  other 
  cases 
  where 
  operations 
  are 
  con- 
  

   ducted 
  both 
  for 
  lumber 
  and 
  wood. 
  The 
  trees 
  are 
  first 
  felled 
  and 
  

   the 
  logs 
  removed, 
  then 
  later 
  the 
  tops 
  cut 
  into 
  wood. 
  The 
  time 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  two 
  operations 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  month 
  or 
  more, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  

   during 
  the 
  fall 
  or 
  winter 
  when 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  fire 
  danger. 
  The 
  law 
  

   should 
  be 
  so 
  changed 
  that 
  some 
  one 
  could 
  exercise 
  some 
  discre- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  these 
  matters, 
  but 
  at 
  present 
  these 
  are 
  violations 
  and 
  must 
  

   be 
  so 
  construed. 
  

  

  The 
  purpose 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  is 
  excellent 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  desirable 
  one. 
  

   Complaints 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  enforcement 
  are 
  very 
  limited 
  and 
  

   are 
  almost 
  entirely 
  from 
  small 
  jobbers 
  whose 
  only 
  interest 
  is 
  to 
  

   make 
  as 
  much 
  money 
  as 
  possible 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  operation, 
  regardless 
  

   of 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  forest. 
  The 
  stumpage 
  owners 
  are 
  de- 
  

   cidedly 
  favorable 
  to 
  this 
  law 
  and 
  no 
  trouble 
  has 
  been 
  experienced 
  

   through 
  the 
  operations 
  on 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  our 
  large 
  operators 
  

   this 
  year. 
  

  

  