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To: Neeka who wrote (152125)	10/5/2007 11:29:00 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

we bore into trees with an increment borer in order to count the growth rings without cutting the tree down. Also, we can estimate defect that way. Increment = growth. An increment borer is basically a hollow tube of very expensive Swedish steel, with an auger on one end. The other end fits into a square hole in the center of the handle, which provides the leverage to bore into the tree. When not in use, the borer is stored in the handle. It cuts a core of wood out of the tree which you extract with a device called a spoon, which fits into the tube and grasps the core in order to draw it out.