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BULLETIN 711, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
is entering a log or when making the final light strokes in finishing a 
cut. When running at a normal speed the machine will cut a 30-inch 
leg in 2 minutes, a 72-inch log in 14 minutes. 
The price of this steam saw in 1916 was $200 f. o. b. Portland, in- 
cluding one 6-foot saw, but not the boiler. It weighs from 235 to . 
250 pounds. The shipping weight is 350 pounds. 
One gasoline drag saw cut off logs in the water at the following 
rates : 
Diameter of 
logs, inches. Minutes. 
50 11 
51 ■ 13 
54 (pitchy) 16 
56 ^ 14 
59 15 
60 , 23 
AVERAGE INVESTMENT IN EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES. 
The investment in regular felling and bucking equipment, as shown 
by the inventory, at one operation cutting about 450,000 feet per day 
amounted to $1,442. This was the depreciated value of the equipment 
at the time the inventory was made, so that the first cost must have 
been considerably higher. Furthermore, the f allers filed their own 
saws, making it possible for the company to get along on less equip- 
ment than otherwise would be the case. 
Table 6 gives the estimated average fixed investment in felling and 
bucking equipment and supplies at camps of different capacities. 
Freight is not included. 
Table 6. — Average investment in felling and bucking equipment and supplies. 
Item. 
Falling saws and handles . 
Bucking saws and handles 
Falling axes and handles . 
Bucking axes and handles 
Falling sledges and han : 
dies. 
Bucking sledges and hai), 
dies 
Falling wedges 
Bucking wedges , 
Grindstones , 
Filing tools and equip- 
ment , 
Oil, files, etc 
Total cost 
Total weight (lbs.). 
Capacity of camp per day. 
50,000 
feet. 
o 
7 $56. 90 
18 129. 34 
7 10.00 
10 13.60 
20.40 
10 27.60 
15 30.00 
32 56.00 
L 6.00 
20.00 
10.00 
379.84 
1,500 
75,000 
feet. 
$77. 85 
179. 36 
13.90 
14. 80 
26.90 
38.40 
42.00 
80.50 
12.00 
20.00 
15.00 
520. 71 
2,000 
100,000 
feet. 
125,000 
feet. 
$101.40 16 
224.20 39 
16.80 16 
24.00 22 
33.60 
49.20 
44.00 
105. 00 
12.00 
20.00 
20.00 
650. 20 
2,500 
$124. 95 
273. 44 
21.70 
25.70 
40.20 
60.00 
68.00 
129. 50 
18.00 
20.00 
20.00 
3,000 
150,000 
feet. 
$140. 65 
314. 99 
24 
33.10 
43.50 
68.10 
78.00 
150. 50 
18.00 
30.00 
20.00 
175,000 
feet. 
200,000 
feet. 
$164.20 
363. 35 
28.20 
38.30 
50.10 
78.90 
90.00 
175. 00 
24.00 
30.00 
20.00 
1,062.05 
4,000 
$179. 90 
404. 90 
30.80 
42.20 
43.40 
87.00 
100. 00 
196. 00 
74.00 
30.00 
20.00 
4,500 
