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of other kinds within reach must be used before any 
Spruce is taken. 
3. All lumber roads must be marked out by the con- 
tractor with the codperation and assistance of the 
forester. 
4. As a protection against fire all tops must be cut 
or lopped so that the thin branches will be brought in 
contact with the ground by the weight of the winter’s 
snow. 
5. Extreme care must be taken to prevent fire. No 
fire must ever be lighted where it can get into a rotten 
log or into the duff. 
6. Great care must be taken not to injure young 
growth in felling timber, or to bark valuable young 
trees in skidding. 
7. Felled trees must be cut into logs at once, to re- 
lease young growth crushed by their fall, unless a rea- 
son satisfactory to the forester can be given for some 
other course. 
8. Any young growth bent over by felled trees must 
be released and allowed to straighten without delay. 
g. Provision for carrying out these regulations should 
be made in all contracts with lumbermen, and fines 
should be imposed by the contracts for failure to com- 
ply with them. 
