34 THE WOODSMAN’S HANDBOOK. 
The Twenty-four Inch Standard Rule is based on a standard 12 
feet long. The standard log contains 300 feet, board measure, 
usually sold by the standard or by the 300 feet, instead of by the 
thousand feet, as commonly; the logs are scaled by the Doyle Rule 
and the total number of feet divided by 300, the unit of sale being 
a certain sum per standard. To obtain the value of the odd num- 
ber of feet, the latter are divided by 300 and multiplied by the 
price per standard. 
The Canadian standard rules are based on logs 12 feet instead of 
13 feet long, and 21 and 22 inches in diameter. These rules are 
used in the same way as the American standard rules. 
LOG SCALING. 
The methods of scaling logs differ with the various log rules and 
with such local conditions as the character of timber, the market, 
and the habit of the individual scalers. 
In regions where the logs are cut into short lengths and piled on 
skidways for winter hauling, as in the Adirondacks, the scaling is 
ordinarily done by two men constituting the scaling crew.» They 
are provided with a rule or “‘scale stick” for measuring the diame- 
ters of the logs, a notebook, tally sheets or a ‘“‘scale paddle” for 
recording the measurements, a special marking hammer, and 
crayons for marking the logs. One scaler measures the diameters 
of the logs inside the bark at the small end; the other records the 
results. The small diameter is recorded because the log tables 
are based on this and the length of the log. It is not necessary, 
however, to measure separately the length of each log, because there 
are usually only a few standard lengths, as, for example, 10, 12, 13, 
14, and 16 feet, and these the scaler can tellat a glance. Ifa log is 
slightly longer than the regular lengths, the extra length is disre- 
garded. For example, a log 16.5 feet long is scaled as a 16-foot log, 
and if 18 feet is the next fixed length, a log 17.5 feet long is scaled 
as a 16-foot log. Therefore, though a log may be slightly longer 
than the specified length, it is nevershorter; thus, if a log is shorter 
than the length of the shortest specification (ordinarily 8 or 10 feet) 
it is discarded entirely. A great deal of this sort of waste is caused 
by the choppers who are careless in their measurements of log 
lengths. 
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