CHAPTER I.
LOGGING.
The rough and ready methods common in American logging operations are the result partly of a tradition of inexhaustible supply, partly of the fear of fire and the avoidance of taxes, partly of an eagerness to get rich quick.

Most of the logging has been done on privately owned land or on shamelessly stolen public land, and the lumberman had no further interest in the forest than to lumber it expeditiously.
[Illustration: Fig.1.Making a Valuation Survey.] [Illustration: Fig.2.

"Blazes" on Trees.] Preliminary to the actual logging are certain necessary steps.

First of all is _landlooking_.

This includes the survey of the forest land for the purpose of locating good timber.Fig.1.Most of the woodland has previously been roughly surveyed by the government and maps made indicating which parts are private land and which are still held by the government.