Efficient management avoids this kind of \\aste. 



once definitely known afford a basis for all future decisions, and 

 make unnecessary the continual consideration and reconsider- 

 ation of the essentials involved. The owner or manager has at 

 his command accurate plans showing growth and topography; 

 a report giving present and perhaps future yields in timber; and 

 definite plans for efficient handling. He also has complete sur- 

 vey records by which his acreage is known, and on which he can 

 execute definite deeds in case of partial or total sale. More- 

 over, his land is marked to correspond with his records. 



Proper management, however, is an elastic term. It varies 

 from year to year, and with each locality. What was proper 

 management fifty years ago is not proper management today. 



But the manager who lives up to the name makes it his 

 business to know all that is necessary to be known about his 

 property. How he will get his knowledge will vary with dif- 

 ferent men and conditions. On a small tract of land with 

 limited business he may often obtain his knowledge at first 

 hand. He .will tramp through the woods himself, decide on 

 his plans for cutting, do his own timber estimating, mapping 

 and surveying. But this is possible only on a small tract 



The efficient 



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