A two man saw can cut a lot faster than two men with axes.
Fifty trees in a twelve hour day would be just over four trees an hour, or one tree every 15 minutes. Seventy five trees in twelve hours would be just over six trees an hour or one tree every 10 minutes. It takes me much longer to trim off the limbs, cut the tree into sections, and haul away the wood than it does to drop a tree.
Fifty to seventy five 3 foot diameter trees a day sounds like a fair sized logging crew rather than a single man. The crews probably worked in teams and the teams were paid by the tree.
People did work a lot harder at physical labor back in the 1800's. They needed to just to survive, and there were few daily distractions besides school, family, church or taverns (if you had the money). Few people stayed in school past the sixth grade. Most boys worked full time from the age of ten to twelve, were worn-out old men by the age of 40 and most died before they were 50 years old from disease, injury or old age.
It makes me appreciate how hard our ancestors had to work.
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