Logging: The Principles and General Methods of Operation in the United States

xviii, 590 pp. Foreword by David Rygmyr. CONTENTS: Forest Resources; Protection of Forest Property; Preparing Logs for Transport; Logging Camps; Woodworkers' Tools and Equipment; Felling and Log-Making; Measurement of Logs and Other Forest Products; Land Transport; Skiway and Storage Sites; Hand Logging and Animal Snaking; Sleds and Sled Hauling; Wheeled Vehicles; Power Skidding; Aerial Tramways; Forest Railroads; Railroad Construction; Inclines; Motive Power and Rolling Stock; Loading and Unloading Log Cars; Floating and Rafting; Flumes and Log Sluices; Summary of Logging Methods in Specific Regions; Turpentine Orcharding; Harvesting Tar Bank; Appendix; Index.