172 Forestry Quarterly. 



The dividing point between tie timber and saw timber can 

 always be figured out ; occasional losses have occurred because 

 saw logs (worth more per M if scaled by the foot b. m.) have 

 been hewn into ties; clauses (a) (e) would prevent this. The 

 second sentence in clause (c) might cause criticism; in an 

 early sale the operator was allowed to take out culls free, since 

 without paying stumpage prices he could just come out even, 

 yet although the culls were a fire menace in the woods there 

 were charges of graft against forest officers when these culls 

 were given away. The tie converting factors (g) (f) are in- 

 teresting. 



SPECIAL UTILIZATION OF GREEN AND DEAD TIMBER. 



34. (a) Both marked and dead trees which are considered a fire menace 

 by the Forest officer in charge will be felled, but only such portions of 

 them as are merchantable under the terms of this contract will be logged 

 and paid for ; this does not include trees or stubs too short or small to 

 be merchantable under the contract, (m). 



(b) The Company shall not be required to pay for, make, or take any 

 cedar poles more than 40 feet in length, and trees that will make longer 

 poles may be converted into logs after the maximum length pole re- 

 quired by this contract is made. (w. w. p., c, Kaniksu, D i, 1911). 



Clause (a) has been in every contract in D 3 for the past three 

 years and is not seriously objected to; it is mainly a fire protec- 

 tive measure in having the dangerous dead stubs felled, but 

 also insures very close utilization of dead timber. 



MISCELLANEOUS SCALING INSTRUCTIONS. 



35. (a) Shingle bolt material will be counted a certain number of 

 pieces to the cord, as may be determined by the Forest officer after 

 the piling, measuring and counting of a certain number of cords ; there- 

 after shingle bolt material will, be stacked on end or piled at the option 

 of the purchaser for counting or measuring by the Forest officer, (c, 

 Peud Oreille, D 1,1911). 



(b) All material between 8^ and 6 inches in top diameter cut under 

 this contract shall be piled and scaled in the woods, and may remain 

 where piled and scaled, for a period not exceeding two years after 

 the expiration of this contract, if the purchaser, after all reasonable at- 

 tempts, is unable to find a market for it sooner. At the end of two 

 years after the expiration of this contract, if the purchaser has been 

 unable to find a market for this material, and consequently has not 

 moved it from the woods, the material shall become the sole property 

 of the Forest Service without further process of law and the purchaser 

 shall then be relieved of all responsibility for the material under the 

 terms of this contract. (Special clause, not applicable to sales in general), 

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



(c) A sufficient number of fence posts, having a perimeter or more 

 than IS inches at the small end and more than 7 feet long, and tele- 

 phone poles will be scaled by the Scribner Rule, Decimal C. to determine 



