Question

The trees to be felled in lumbering are selected by ____________.
a.chief-feller
b.high-rigger
c.head-feller
d.head-rigger

Answer 1

Hint: Lumber is known as timber. It is a type of wood that is processed into shafts and planks which is a phase in the wood production procedure. It is primarily used for construction purposes but has many other benefits as well.

Complete Answer:
-The method of organized cutting and felling of trees for the utilisation of timber and extraction of other forest products for commercial profits is known as lumbering.

-Felling is the method of cutting down trees. The person who cuts the trees is a feller. A feller buncher is a device which has the capability of knocking down a single large tree or group of small ones simultaneously. The trees to be felled in lumbering are selected by the head-feller.

-Lumbering has 4 phases: logging, driving, manufacturing, and transport. The circumstances vary depending on whether a homesteader was excavating a farm out of a forest, an independent woodsman was felling and trading logs to a mill, or a commercial mill handled the whole system from logging through sales.

- Lumbering is well evolved in the coniferous forest belt of the cool temperate lands, because:
 (i) The land and rivers freeze which makes transportation of the logs simple.
 (ii) The species of trees are limited and the region is easily accessible.

Hence, option 'c' is correct making all other options irrelevant.

Note: The Indian Forest Act of 1878 and the 1927 sought to strengthen and secure the forest cover areas or significant wildlife, to regulate activity and transit of forest production and duty leviable on timber and other forest products. The Supreme Court of India passed an order that led to a total prohibition on the unregulated felling of trees or timber logging in government forest regions, except those in which a working plan1. The plan is formulated by the state government and authorized by the central government in every 10 years at the division level.