A sample 

 report 



A heavy improvement cutting 



Record of interior details for mapping is had. 



Trees, the kind, diameter, and number per acre. 



The slope of the land. 



The rock and soil characteristics. 



The species reproducing. 



The quality and condition of the growth. 



The merchantable condition of the tree-crop. 



Logging chances and conditions. 



Any damage caused by fire or other extrinsic happenings. 



The data so obtained are tabulated on special forms. Tables 

 are prepared showing the size in board feet or cords of the 

 individual trees, and by applying these tables to the recorded 

 acres, a sample acre of quantity in feet or cords is obtained. 

 This sample acre multiplied by the whole number of forested 

 acres under consideration will give the total amount of lumber 

 on the tract, proper discounts being made for faults. 



From the tabulation of the data the report is worked up. 

 An outline of an ordinary report follows. In actual practice 

 of course this outline is modified by omission or increase of 

 detail according to the nature of the tract, but this serves to 

 show the basis for a usual procedure. 



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