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ESTIMATING STANDING TIMBER. 
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or they may be carried in 
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sheets may be fastened to a thin board by thum 
These tally 
tacks when the tallyman is usin 
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g¢ them, 
a special tally-sheet holder made to hold approximately 50 sheets. 
This device, shown in fig. 3, 
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= 
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is tray-like in form and consists of a 
rectangular board or panel provided on three sides of its upper face 
with wooden strips or cleats, the inner edges of which are grooved 
hich are held in place by a 
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- Fie, 3,—Tally-sheet holder. 
A spring hook 
narrow hinged leaf secured to the fourtn side. 
holds the leaf in its closed position. 
The upper left-hand corner 
of the holder carries a small compass for the guidance of the tally- 
- man as he moves forward. 
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A narrow leather strap securec 

back of the holder forms a loop to receive the left hand, in which 
the holder is carried. 

