CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION 3 



PREHARVEST INVENTORY 4 



HARVESTING ACTIVITY 5 



SKIDDING PRACTICES 6 



Rubber-Tired Skidder 6 



Horse Skidding 6 



Tractor Skidding 7 



STUDY RESULTS 7 



Harvesting Statistics 7 



PRODUCT RECOVERY 10 



Utilization Standards 10 



Residue Utilization Analysis 11 



HARVESTING PRODUCTION ANALYSIS 12 



Regression Analysis 12 



CONCLUSIONS 15 



Residue Reduction 15 



Effect of Skidding Variables 16 



Capital Investment and Production Efficiency 16 



Land Management Implications 17 



Product Recovered . 17 



APPENDIX: Operating Costs 19 



