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7. Demarcation of Compartments, Suhcompartments, and Sub- 

 division Lines. The compartments, suhcompartments, and suh- 

 division lines must he carefully marked. The compartments 

 should he marked with consecutive Arahic numbers. The same 

 number must not be repeated in the same forest. Only in dis- 

 tinctly separate forests is it permissible to begin the designation 

 of a compartment with the number "one." In case a number of 

 distinct forest forms or forest types occur in the same forest, 

 then the lowest numbers should be attached to the prevailing type 

 and the highest numbers to the least abundant type, since such an 

 allotment of numbers will make the recording easier. The num- 

 ber given to each compartment should be posted in the forest at 

 conspicuous places along the border or at the corners of the com- 

 partments. It may be painted upon trees or placed upon line 

 markers. 



The stands or suhcompartments should be marked by means 

 of small latin letters and should begin with the letter a in each 

 compartment. A subcompartment is a part of a compartment 

 requiring a special kind of treatment, hence it is defined as a 

 "unit of treatment." The suhcompartments will be designated by 

 means of a compartment number and a subcompartment letter, 

 e.g., 13 a, Idb, 17c, meaning subcompartment a in compartment 13, 

 subcompartment b in compartment 13, and subcompartment c in 

 compartment 17. In case a subcompartment needs to be subdi- 

 vided at a later date one may designate its parts by means of index 

 figures, as 12a, 12^2, I203. The letters given to each subcompart- 

 ment may be painted upon the trees along the border of the 

 subcompartment. 



The boundaries of compartments must be made and kept per- 

 manently recognizable. The exact location of the subdivision 

 lines may be indicated by markers. The markers may be hewn 

 stones similar to ordinary boundary stones, cement columns, 

 wooden columns, or wooden posts. They should be erected at the 

 ends of lines, at points where lines are broken at a sharp angle, at 

 intermediate points on long lines, and along border lines which 

 have a forest growth on one side only. These markers, what- 

 ever they may be constructed from, should bear the number of the 

 adjoining compartments, and in addition may bear the consecu- 

 tive number of the marker as a means of location. The consecu- 



