Terms Used in Forestry and Logging, Томове 57–62U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Forestry, 1905 - 53 страници |
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Accretion attached bark Board foot boom of logs Bunk Butt chain conservative lumbering coppice coupe crew crosscut saw Crown class Crown density diameter breasthigh diameter growth donkey engine drag Dray faller fastened felled trees fire floating logs Forest management Forestry form factor futaie grab ground Gutter road heavy height hook horsepower humus Hypsometer increment landing loading logs log driver logging camp logging road logging sled logging sleds logs or timbers mark measurements merchantable length method of conservative peuplement piked pole pile planting portion pruning raft reproduction cuttings Reserve sprout ring river driving roll rotation runners sample tree seed method seedlings self-sown seed Shelterwood silvics Silvicultural skid road skidder skidding logs Skidding tongs skidway slide sloop slope sorting jack splash dam sprout forest sprout method Stand method stem stream strip stump thinning Travois Tree class Two-storied forest usually wind wood young trees
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Страница 16 - No public forest reservation shall be established, except to improve and protect the for'est within the reservation, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States...
Страница 36 - Drag cart. See Bummer. Drag in, to. See Dray in, to. Drag road. See Dray road ; Gutter road.
Страница 22 - Deep 24 to 36 inches. Very deep Over 36 inches. The moisture of the soil is defined by the following terms: Wet — When water drips from a piece held in the hand without pressing. Moist — When water drips from a piece pressed in the hand; Fresh — When no water drips from a piece pressed in the hand...
Страница 41 - Loading tripod. Three long timbers joined at their tops in the shape of a tripod, for holding a pulley block in proper position to load logs on cars from a lake or stream.
Страница 12 - Form factor. The ratio, expressed decimally, between the volume of a tree, or portion of a tree, and of a cylinder of the same height and diameter. The volume of this cylinder multiplied by the form factor gives the actual volume of the tree or portion of the tree.
Страница 49 - To cut off trousers at the knee, or boots at. the ankle. (NF, PCF ) Standard, n. See Market. Starting bar. See Gee throw. Stay boom. A boom fastened to a main boom and attached upstream to the shore to give added strength to the main boom. (Gen. ) Steam hauler. A geared locomotive used to haul loaded logging sleds over an ice road. It is equipped with a spiked metal belt which runs over sprocket wheels replacing the driving wheels, and is guided by a sled, turned by a steering wheel, upon which the...
Страница 36 - Syn.: bob, crotch, drag sled, go-devil, lizard, scoot, skidding sled, sloop, travois. Dray in, to. To drag logs from the place where they are cut directly to the skidway or landing.
Страница 52 - Trough roof. A roof on a logging camp or barn, made of small logs split lengthwise, hollowed into troughs and laid from ridge pole to eaves. The joints of the lower tier are covered by inverted troughs. (NF) Turkey, «. A bag containing a lumberjack's outfit. To " histe the turkey" is to take one's personal belongings and leave camp.
Страница 51 - Syn. : hay road. Tote sled. See Jumper. Tow team. An extra team stationed at an incline in a logging road to assist the regular teams in ascending with loaded sleds. (NF) Syn.: snatch team. Trailers, n.
Страница 44 - A flatboat, carrying a steam skidder or a donkey, used in logging cypress. (SF) Pull the briar, to. To use a crosscut saw. (NF) Put in, to. In logging, to deliver logs at the landing. (Gen.) Quickwater, «. That part of a stream which has fall enough to create a decided current.