40 TERMS USED IN FORESTRY AND LOGGING. 



Headworks, n. A platform or raft, with windlass or capstan, which is attached to 



the front of a log raft or boom of logs, for warping, kedging, or winding it through 



lakes and still water, by hand or horse power. (N. W., L. S.) 

 Helper, n. See Second faller. 

 Hoist, n. See Loading tripod. 

 Holding" boom. See Storage boom. 

 Hook tender. The foreman of a yarding crew; specifically, one who directs the 



attaching of the cable to a turn of logs. (P. C, F.) 

 Horse dam. A temporary dam made by placing large logs across a stream, in order 



to raise the water behind it, so as to float the rear. (N. F.) 

 Horse logs, to. In river driving, to drag stranded logs back to the stream by the 



use of peaveys. (N. F. ) 

 Hovel, n. A stable for logging teams. (N. W., L. S. ) 

 Ice a road, to. To sprinkle water on a logging road so that a coating of ice may 



form, thus facilitating the hauling of logs. (N, F. ) 

 Ice guards. Heavy timbers fastened fan shaped about a cluster of boom piles at an 



angle of approximately 30 degrees to the surface of the water. They prevent the 



destruction of the boom by ice, through forcing it to mount the guards and be 



broken up. (N. F.) 

 Jack chain. An endless spiked chain, which moves logs from one point to another, 



usually from the mill pond into the sawmill. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: bull chain. (P. C. F.) 

 Jack ladder. See Gangway. 

 Jackpot, n. 1. A contemptuous expression applied to an unskillful piece of work 



in logging. (N. F. ) 



2. An irregular pile of logs. (App. ) 

 Jam, n. A stoppage or congestion of logs in a stream, due to an obstruction or to 



low water. (Gen.) 

 Jam cracker. See Head driver. 

 Jammer, n. An improved form of gin, mounted on a movable framework, and used 



to load logs on sleds and cars by horsepower. (N. F.) 

 Jam, to break a. To start in motion logs which have jammed. (Gen. ) 

 Jay hawk, to. To strip one 4-foot length of bark from a tanbark oak, leaving the 



tree standing. (P. C. F.) 

 Jiboo, V. To remove a dog from a log. (N. W., L. S. ) 

 Jigger, V. To pull a log by horsepower over a level place in a slide. (Gen. ) 



Syn.: lazy haul, to. 

 Jim binder. See Binder. 



Jobber, n. A logging contractor or subcontractor. (Gen. ) 

 Jobber's sun. A term applied to the moon in a jobber's or contractor's logging 



camp, on account of the early and late hours of commencing and ending work. 



(N. W., L. S.) 

 Jumper, n. A sled shod with wood, used for hauling supplies over bare ground 



into a logging camp. (N. F. ) 

 Syn.: tote sled. 

 Katydid, n. See Logging wheels. 

 Key log. In river driving, a log which is so caught or wedged that a jam is formed 



and held. (Gen.) 



