5^0 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



The felling of the trees will be terminated by April 15. This is 

 required so that the felling will be complete before the sap begins to 

 run in the spring. When trees are cut during the summer, the new 

 sprouts do not start as readily and are subject to various fungus dis- 

 eases which threaten the future of the coppice. 



It is forbidden to peel or bark any standing trees of those included 

 in the sale. 



It is forbidden to allow any branches to remain on top of reproduc- 

 tion ; or to pile any wood upon seedlings, upon live stumps or against 

 reserved trees. 



The purchaser will respect all reserved trees, no matter what may 

 be their condition or their number. 



When reserved trees are unavoidably felled or broken, the pur- 

 chaser must replace them by trees chosen from those abandoned by 

 the local agent of the Waters and Forests Service, and the value of 

 such trees will not exceed that of those replaced. 



The damage value of reserves will never be less than the following 

 minima in parcels of coppice-under-standards : (1) A reserve of cop- 

 pice age, per V/i inches of diameter breast high, 3 cents; (2) a reserve 

 of 11 to 16 inches in diameter breast high, 6 cents; (3) a reserve over 

 16 inches in diameter breast high, 10 cents. This is the equivalent per 

 average tree, of class 1, 8 cents; of class 2, 70 cents; of class 3, $1.60. 



If reserves are damaged, the procedure will be the same as if they 

 were knocked down. 



Unless there are stipulations to the contrary, it is forbidden (1) to 

 skid logs on the hauling roads; (2) to chute or roll logs down the 

 slopes; (3) to allow animals to graze in the forests or even enter par- 

 cels containing young growth without being muzzled. 



When the purchaser does not wish to utilize the brush, he may burn 

 it at points designated by the forest agent, unless the agreement ex- 

 pressly authorizes scattering the brush. As a matter of fact the brush 

 almost always is utilized. In the region under consideration, scattering 

 brush is permitted on State forests. This is because the fire danger 

 is at a minimum owing to the frequent rains and fogs, and the brush 

 conserves the moisture, does not interfere with the sprouts and in de- 

 caying enriches the soil. 



Under penalty of the law, all reserved trees will be accounted for 

 by the purchaser at the time of the recount. After an exploitation is 

 completed, the local forest officer recounts all the trees left and the 



