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can not be operated; the chief of the volume cruise, following the 

 appraiser's working plan, includes in his merchantable stand only 

 the material which the appraiser's working plan or notes indicate 

 as accessible or merchantable, employing the table for obtaining 

 \olume which the particular degree of closeness of utilization renders 

 appropriate. 



A lack of stability in the personnel of the cruisers is a very im- 

 portant factor to be reckoned with. Unless there is an incentive 

 among cruisers for regarding this work as permapent rather than 

 temporary employment to be shaken as soon as something less arduous 

 can be secured, it will be difficult to maintain that cspirit de corps 

 which is essential for rapid and accurate work. 



