When 

 manage- 

 ment 

 changes 



and with a manager who is not only capable of doing it, but 

 who has plenty of time at his disposal. 



In ordinary practice, especially in larger tracts of forest 

 property, the manager is obliged to get his knowledge at second 

 hand. The accuracy of that knowledge will largely determine 

 the efficiency of his management, since no amount of wise 

 management will rectify mistakes in the plans upon which 

 operations are based. 



If the manager is one who works toward the higher standards 

 of his calling he will desire accurate knowledge, and he will 

 employ surveyors and explorers to define his boundaries, estimate 

 his timber, and recommend scientific ways of handling. He 

 will require them to provide him with intelligible and permanent 

 records, which can be understood by other minds than his own. 

 The records which are held in the heads of a few woodsmen will 



not be deemed sufficient. 

 Granting that such knowl- 

 edge is correct it loses 

 much of its value by not 

 being always accessible 

 to the manager himself, 

 as is possible only when 

 records and reports 

 are on paper. One of the 

 great weaknesses of the 

 older estimators and 

 woodsmen is their lack 

 of ability to put their 

 ideas on paper, so that 

 the information con- 

 tained therein will be 

 available to other minds 

 than their own. 



By intelligible records 

 and reports a knowledge 

 of property is preserved. 

 When management 

 changes the new mana- 

 ger has already at hand 

 the essential facts of 

 Corner post. his business, and can 



