Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1894 — Electricity. [ARTICLE]

Electricity.

Trees are felled by electricity in the great forests of Galicia. For cutting comparatively soft wood, the tool is in the form of an auger, which is mounted on a carriage, and is moved to and fro and revolved at the same time by a small electric motor. As the cut deepens, wedges are inserted to prevent the rift from closing, and when the tree is nearly cut through, an ax pr hand saw is used to finish the work. in thii way trees are felled very rapidy and with very little labor.