Timber Sale Contract Clauses. i6i 



lines between the private timber lands owned by them and that of the 

 Government, (w. y. p., San Juan, D2, 1911). 



(c) Boundaries of cutting area shall be plainly marked by the forest 

 officers before cutting begins ; all timber market by the forest officers 

 within such boundaries shall be cut, no timber outside such boundaries 

 shall be cut, and no tops, brush or debris shall be left on adjoining lands, 

 (w. y. p., D. f. Bitterroot D. 2, 1908.) 



Clause (a) is self explanatory and is evidently designed to 

 prevent indiscriminating cutting "in all sales made for a definite 

 amount ;" where a company has been reckless in overcutting on to 

 lands not included in the sale ; (b) may be sometimes neces- 

 sary; (c) frequently inspections have shown debris thrown 

 onto land not included in the cutting area and therefore special 

 precaution is advisable. 



20. (a) Not to exceed per cent of the merchantable timber 



(separate percentages to be designated for each species if advisable) will 

 be reserved in marking. (M) 



(b) No living healthy trees within loo feet of the Verde or Tonto Basin 

 wagon roads shall be cut under this contract, (w. y. p., Coconino, D 3, 

 1910.) 



(c) No "blackjack" unless defective shall be marked except in thin- 

 nings, (w. y. p., Coconino, D3, 1910.) 



(d) Cutting and marking similar to that done on the D. M. Wilt sale 

 of September 14, 1910, will be satisfactory. (1. p., E. s., b. f., Medicine 

 Bow, D2, 191 1.) 



(e) We have examined tlie marking done by the Forest officer upon the 

 area for which we have applied, and we agree to purchase the timber as 

 marked, (s. p., w. y. p., w. f., Sierra, D5, 1911.) 



(f) White pine trees not to exceed 200 M. feet B. M. in total amount, 

 in plots not exceeding 10 in number, may be designated by the Forest 

 officer, and will be left uncut by the company. About these such cleaning 

 will be done as may be deemed necessary by the Forest officer for their 

 protection from fire at the time of brush burning, (w. w. p., c. Kaniksu, 

 Di, 1911.) 



(g) The marking will be such as to meet the silvicultural requirements 

 of the stand. Ordinarily, "black jack" will be left; Merchantable "yel- 

 low pine" trees if necessary for seed and protection in the judgment of 

 the Forest officer will not be marked. Not more than approximately one- 

 third of the stand of merchantable timber will be left; this does not 

 include the estimated amount of 600,000,000 ft. B. M. (w. y.p., Sitgreaves, 

 — Apache, D3, 1912.) 



(h) All green timber on the strips to be cut clean that will rnake a log 

 16 feet long 8 inches top diameter, regardless of whether it is mer- 

 chantable or unmerchantable, shall be cut. (w. w. p., D. fir., w. h., w. 1. 

 Coeur d'Alene, Di, 1910.) 



(i) We have examined a sample of the marking showing tJie system 

 which will be followed in designating this timber for cutting and we 

 understand that this sale includes all of the merchantable dead timber 

 standing or down upon the area designated, and approximately 66 2-3 

 per cent, of the merchantable live timber to be designated and marked for 

 cutting by the Forest officer in charge, (w. y. p., w. f., s. p., c. Tahoe, Ds, 

 1912.) 



