. Prolonging the cut of southern pine. l result in a marked improve-ment in the work. Careful supervision, however, will be requiredconstantly, for it is easy for workmen to fall back into old habits. The saw boss should, after a few weeks, have sufficient time toscale the timber at the stump, since his inspection duties willrequire him to visit every felled tree. The wages of a scaler canthereby be saved. The salary of a competent saw boss should be at least $100 permonth, because a man without proper conception of the work wouldbe of little value. 32 Prolonging the Cut of Southern Pine The s
. Prolonging the cut of southern pine. l result in a marked improve-ment in the work. Careful supervision, however, will be requiredconstantly, for it is easy for workmen to fall back into old habits. The saw boss should, after a few weeks, have sufficient time toscale the timber at the stump, since his inspection duties willrequire him to visit every felled tree. The wages of a scaler canthereby be saved. The salary of a competent saw boss should be at least $100 permonth, because a man without proper conception of the work wouldbe of little value. 32 Prolonging the Cut of Southern Pine The successful inauguration of a scheme of this sort shouldinvolve some reward for the laborer who does his work well, inas-much as he is called upon to exercise greater care and intelligence,and the additional profits accruing to the lumber company should,in part, be shared with him. This reward might assume the formof a bonus of a few cents per thousand feet of timber cut, or aslight increase in the daily wage. Bui. 2, Yale Forest School. FIG. 1—TOP BKOKKN FROM FALLING ON A STUMP
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