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vice is still perfecting many of the details of timber sales manage- 

 ment so that changes in existing contract restrictions and policy 

 may be expected. As regards established custom the administra- 

 tive policy is very progressive — because there is no established 

 custom that may be considered final — if any officer can suggest 

 a logical and practical improvement in existing methods it is pretty 

 certain to be followed. Since the issuance of "The National 

 Forest Manual," however, fewer changes will be made than in 

 the past. 



The Timber Sales Section of "The National Forest Manual" 

 was issued to take effect December i, 191 1. The timber sale 

 regulations are quoted verbatim, merely to give a general idea of 

 the requirements in connection with a sale of timber. 



Reg. S-i. No timber shall be designated for cutting, by stamping 

 or otherwise, until the officer approving the sale is 

 Appraisal of satisfied that the cutting will preserve the livmg and 

 timber growing timber, promote the younger growth, and 



be compatible with the utilization of the Forest. Upon 

 application for the purchase of any timber or in any cases where tim- 

 ber is to be advertised in advance of application, such timber shall be 

 examined and appraised, and the area from which the timber is to be cut 

 shall be described by legal subdivisions or otherwise. The officer making 

 the field examination shall report the quantity and value of the various 

 kinds of timber involved, and shall base his appraisal upon th:; character 

 of the timber, the cost of logging, transportation, and manufacture, and 

 the sale value of the manufactured products at practicable markets. 



Reg. S-2. The Secretary of Agriculture will prescribe each year, 



upon data and information furnished by the Forester, 



Limitation of the maximum amount of dead, matured and large 



annual cut. grozvth timber that may be cut on each National Forest. 



The Secretary of Agriculture will prescribe each 

 Maximum and year, upon data and information furnished by the 

 minimum prices. Forester, the maximum and minimum stumpage prices 

 at which the timber on each National Forest or desig- 

 nated portion thereof shall be appraised. Appraisals higher than the es- 

 tablished maximum and lower than the established minimum shall be 

 made by Forest officers, in so far as the local conditions in each specific 

 sale warrant. No appraisals at less than the established minimum or 

 more than tJie established maximum shall be approved by any Forest 

 officer authorized to sell timber until the approval of such appraisals by 

 the Secretary of Agriculture has been secured. 



Reg. S-3. The Forester is authorized to make timber sales for 



any amount on any National Forest, provided the 



limit fixed by the Secretary for any Forest is not 



Authority to exceeded by the year's cut, under sales and free use on 



make sales. such Forest ; and to delegate this authority for any 



specified amounts to the district foresters, but in no 



instance to exceed 20,000,000 feet board measure. The district forester 



