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be done twice each week or oftener provided there be not less than 

 20,000 feet B. M. on the skidway at the time of scaling. (D. f., 1. p., 

 Targhee, D 4, 191 1.) 



One of the chief sources of avoidable expense in small sales is 



too frequent scaling. The average hand-to-tnouth operator often 



expects the ranger to ride ten or fifteen miles to scale a few 



thousand feet. If this class of sale is to be handled at a profit, 



scaling should be distinctly periodic, and only when there is an 



accumulation of unsealed logs. This is sometimes complicated 



by the danger of logs bluing if left in the woods, and by the 



danger of theft by illegal sawing before scaling, if held skidded 



at the mill. 



SCALING OR COUNTING TIES. 



S3, (a) All hewn ties whose widest diameter inside the bark at the 



small end exceeds inches and all with visible defect will 



be scaled as saw logs. The scaling diameter will be the widest meas- 

 urement at the small end of the tie. Small hewn ties which are sound 

 will be counted as to the M. feet b. m. (m). 



(b) The length of all timbers shall be plainly marked on the top 

 end by the purchaser, except standard railroad ties, which will be piled 

 with the tops flush one way. (1. p., E. s., b. f., Medicine Bow D 2, 

 1911.) 



(c) Hewn cross ties used in the loggmg operation not over 1-3 

 feet in length with not less than a 7 inch top, shall be paid for at the 

 rate of two cents (2) each. Ties cut from material with less than 

 a 7 inch top and used in the logging operations, shall not be paid for. 

 Yellow pine merchantable for saw timber which is used for ties shall 

 be scaled and paid for at the price herein specified for saw timber, 

 (w. y. p., w. 1., D. f., w. f.. Whitman, D 6, 191 1.) 



(d) All hewn ties not exceeding 8 feet in length and those hewn 

 from logs less than 14 inches in diameter will be counted and paid for 

 at the rate of 10 cents each. All logs or ties exceeding 8 feet in length 

 or 14 inches in diameter at the small end will be scaled by the Scribner 

 rule, Decimal C, and paid for at the rate of $3.00 per thousand feet 

 B. M. Mining props will be measured by the linear foot and paid for 

 at the rate of ^c per hnear foot. Fence posts if taken, will be counted 

 and paid for at the rate of 2 cents per post. (1. p. Uinta, D 4, 191 1.) 



(e) If ties are hewn, so much of the stem of each tree as will make 

 a log 16 feet long and 16 inches or more in diameter outside the 

 bark at the small end shall be cut into saw logs to be scaled, (w. 

 y. p., Coconino, D 3, 1910). 



(f) Standard railroad ties shall be counted as 35 to the thousand 

 feet b. m. or individually scaled by the specified rule, or measured in 

 both ways, according to the judgment of the Forest officer in charge 

 (1. p., E. s., b. f., Medicine Bow, D 2, 1911.) 



(g) All 7-inch by 9-inch 8-foot hewn ties will be counted as 25 to 

 the thousand feet, B. M. ; all 8-inch by 6-inch 8-foot hewn ties, 30 to the 

 thousand feet, B. M. ; all 8-inch by 6-inch 3-foot hewn ties, 40 to the 

 thousand feet, B. M. ; all 6-inch by 6-inch 8- foot hewn ties, 50 to the 

 thousand feet, B. M. Ties with seen defect will be scaled as saw logs. 

 A proper allowance will be made for defect by the scaler; the scaling 

 diameter will be the widest measurement at the small end of the tie. 

 (w. y. p., Coconino, D 3, 1910). 



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