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BULLETIN 111, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 5. — Prices of Douglas fir logs per thousand feet, by regions, 1909-1916- 
Continued. 
No. 3 LOGS. 
Year. 
Region. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
1909 
Puget Sound 
Grays Harbor 
Columbia River 
$6.00 
5.50 
5.50 
$6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
$6.00 
5.00 
5.00 
$6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
$5.50 
5.00 
5.00 
$5.50 
5.00 
5.00 
$5.50 
5.00 
5.00 
$5.50 
6.00 
6.00 
$6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
$6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
$6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
$6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
1910 
Puget Sound 
Grays Harbor 
Columbia River 
6.50 
6.00 
6.00 
7.00 
6.00 
6.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
1911 
Puget Sound 
Grays Harbor 
Columbia River 
6.00 
7.00 
7.00 
6.00 
6.00 
7.00 
6.00 
6.00 
7.00 
6.00 
6.00 
7.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
5.50 
5.50 
5.50 
1912 
Puget Sound 
Grays Harbor 
Columbia River 
5.50 
5.50 
6.00 
5.50 
5.50 
6.00 
5.50 
5.50 
6.00 
5.50 
5.50 
6.00 
5.50 
5.50 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
1913 
Puget Sound 
Grays Harbor 
Columbia River 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
6.00 
5.00 
6.00 
6.00 
5.00 
6.00 
6.00 
5.50 
6.00 
6.00 
5.50 
1914 
Puget Sound 
Grays Harbor 
Columbia River 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
5.50 
5.50 
5.50 
5.50 
6.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
6.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.50 
5.50 
5.50 
5.50 
5.00 
5.50 
1915 
Puget Sound 
Grays Harbor 
Columbia River 
5.50 
5.00 
5.50 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.50 
5.50 
5.50 
5.50 
6.00 
5.50 
5.50 
5.00 
5.00 
5.50 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
6.00 
5.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
5.50 
1916 
Puget Sound 
Grays Harbor 
Columbia River 
6.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
6.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
6.00 
7.00 
7.00 
6.00 
6.00 
7.00 
6.00 

FELLING AND BUCKING. 
ORGANIZATION OF CREWS. 
Laying aside the question of direct supervision, undercutting, 
felling, and bucking are sometimes performed by three crews. An 
undercutter, or notcher, selects the trees to be felled, determines the 
direction they are to be thrown, and makes the undercut. Two 
fallers, sawing together as a second crew, then finish the second step 
in felling. The undercutter, or head bucker, next marks off the log 
lengths for the guidance of the buckers, who work singly with cross- 
cut saws and cut the bole into lengths. As a rule, however, only two 
crews are used, the undercutting being done by the fallers. This is 
considered the best method. 
In most of the large and better managed camps, a head bucker, 
working under the camp foreman, directs the work of felling and 
bucking, and marks off the log lengths. Occasionally in large timber 
and badly broken ground, the head bucker has an assistant to help 
mark off the log lengths, the resultant timber economies justifying 
the additional labor cost. In a few camps having a resident superin- 
tendent, the head bucker works under the superintendent rather than 
under the camp foreman, and only directs the work of the felling 
and bucking department, the marking of the log lengths being done 
by the buckers. A head bucker of the first class seldom has authority 
to hire his assistants, while one of the second generally has authority 
