The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-01
NJ. COON, !,
Criticism and Commentary q me Psrsss

TO THE EDITOR OF The SuN-St: With
all Difference to Forester Pinohot. must
file caveat or 80 as TO some OF his definitions
and derivations. "saplng' 10 one Of then,.
Your saplng Ia not to be gagged by height.
but by condition. That Is to soy, II must be
young enough to be made up mainly Of sap
wood. with hardly an appreclable amount
OF heart. | have seen starvelIng srowths
less than breast high. which had bare rims
OF white sap about dark and gnarly hearts.
In common parlance where land Ia cleared the
growth Ia divided into underbrush. saplinSs,
rail timber. board timber. poles and saw
logs. OF these any one may be lacking save
only the underbrush and sapllnss. A sap.
ling gets out Of that class, strictly speaking.
when the stump shows heart wood Of greater
breadth than the ring Of sap wood around
1t. Hickory saplngs In thick woods. and
growing on rich ground. arc often thir<y
feet In height before they are six lno,so
through at the butt. The nams bslonge
properly In the same class - .ysasliaS.'
"castlns." "weanling." and IL. like them,
obviously derived from condition.
The alligator" boat Is all right enough.
but the device made from the fork Of . tree.
on which the front end Of log Is placed u
lizard "-nothlne more or less-by this
same token. A lizard" 1t has bssn sincs
pioneer days. when, every manner Of build.
i os Gs sy w unSsn a IN ~ st COTTON
sss e s ssp. ssss and Ala i. Ss
not BY s1 any means peculiar 70 he ios "a o.
ossss aTsts sas
ards set In the rocking bolster. which Tystss
a az s1p hs sD sa 'Af h so rcsfnns
IN Measure takes up the a s ef heavy load
no dou SbauH Comes doWn from Gien nione.r mS
Clearing then vas q matter Of several ySsre.-
some parts Of them In full leaf. telling thSm
90 the lop q them came a. much e. possible
in the fail. he get fire 70 the mass. and ns1S
spring dropped corn. beans and puInpatns
h 1sns and ahs hsrs Win s e.. sse Sr 3:
na s s Te , TRSSS s1 b. As
chunkine came at length to be fleA; AM
other way vas to cut merely the email trsea
i ing and log 81 rolling Kept up thfousSoIt :
..'Sosy., asg:; ~. ,,dos.sa.. ar. q! s.nyp:
Rsd h 20 dyns tss
s wiz many as q " :sSs
prime an Ard x g b ss s.. Rs
tree "doated" at the heart does not aAQw
black rot there, but sort OF GRUMPY pallor
nearly allied to fox fire. the phosph0resoenS
rot. Dosted wood burns slowly. with much
smoke. and q rather acrld gmel. II never
makes good Goals. and there Is little stTensth
fst Q; NJ ds,B:s1Gsss a.. 80
rather , dead lookinS in tn. n. BARI. I'D w:sS
warplne. Impossible to rive true, and hardly
worth splitting into anything but hrsHocd.
Still. the word may we'll haye another appli-
cation, as pretty nearly al words peculiar
II the dictionary does not include "spnnS.
pole" IL ought tot IL hard to conceive OF
log hauling without that very present help.
For the springpole Is stout saplinR WhSee
notched butt Is caught and twisted 10 the
fastened log chain alter the chain Y abo0S
50 as 70 hold ne chain tant: Thus As log.
s!asv!se. and the .prin spcle. like giant
bow, justlfes its name.
L wonder will this dictionary set forth The
difference between blazing line and chop
ping t.. The -blaze," you see. epes through
the hard bark into the light, and very neer
the sap. Hence 1t shows white and maIke
a trail more clearly. But the chop two
light notches In the outer bark alone. WI
endure while the tree stands. whSee1p The
blaze ls In time oyerFroM fnd s9sce4:
must be chopped rather than blased.
Whatever It holds or lacks. SUCCESS - ~
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