A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.

ORDER II.—AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS

Sub-order 1.—Agricultural Occupations

027.—Labourers In Woods and Forests

cone collector: climbs trees to collect cones; packs them for despatch to seed extracting kilns.
coppice labourer, coppice worker: see plantation labourer.
copse cutter: (i) cuts or thins undergrowth of copse or holt with an axe;; (ii) cuts saplings for conversion into wooden hoops; often also cuts wood for hurdles, pea sticks, etc.
crown labourer: a labourer employed on crown lands, generally woods.
cutter (stick making): cuts sticks in rough state from hedges, or from bushes or trees in woods, for manufacture into walking sticks, etc.
plantation labourer: coppice labourer, coppice worker, wood labourer; does unskilled work in tree plantation, thinning undergrowth, cleaning ground, protecting saplings, watching for forest fires in summer, etc.
root grubber, stump extractor: see wood grubber.
timber haulier: drags trunks of felled timber trees from woodlands to roadside by means of horses and wire ropes lashed to the trunks; dumps the timber or assists wagoner (023) (q.v.) to load on to timber wagon.
wood grubber ; root grubber, stump extractor: extracts stumps of trees from the ground by means of jacks or explosives when woodland is to be used for agricultural purposes.
wood labourer: see plantation labourer.

From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain.