. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. February; 1901 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 9 AXE AND SAW COMPETITIONS. Ol'R readers will no doubt be interested in some particulars of the axe and saw competitions which are held annually in Tasmania, an Island belong- ing to the Australian federation. It will be necessary first to refer to the conditions which brought about these contests. The majority of inhabitants are either settlers cutting out homes for themselves, or men earning a living by felling these were sha
. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. February; 1901 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 9 AXE AND SAW COMPETITIONS. Ol'R readers will no doubt be interested in some particulars of the axe and saw competitions which are held annually in Tasmania, an Island belong- ing to the Australian federation. It will be necessary first to refer to the conditions which brought about these contests. The majority of inhabitants are either settlers cutting out homes for themselves, or men earning a living by felling these were sharpened to correct pitch prior to the day of the contest. The result was that a vic- tory was gained for English axes by three points. Not so with the saws. Three American saw manufacturers and one English manufacturer entered, but the latter failed to come to the start- ing point and the award was given to the Atkins' saws, with the Simonds' saws second. The above particulars and the accompanying. Fig. i.—The Championship Match—Lying Blocks. timber for saw mills, by splitting timber into post rails or palings, or by felling the scrubs by contract for the more wealthy class of settlers who are making clearings in the forests. Many of the settlers have but little education. Their best loved weapon is the axe. From their desire to excel in their work arose the Australasian Axe- men's Association, formed for the purpose of demonstrating the skill to which the settlers in the colonies have attained with the axe and saw. Since June, 1891, annual contests have been held. The ninth of these was held last year. For the championship of the world in standing block chopping, , logs placed just as though the trees were still growing, there were about a dozen contestants, and the blocks were of stringy bark, freshly cut, and trimmed to exactly 6 feet 4 inches girth, the work of cutting being accom- plished by the winner in 4 minutes and 8}( seconds. A second event was the underhand c
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