An experiment in white pine planting. 



intelligently and economically carry on the policies best suited 

 to the case. 



If the manager has at his hand the requisite information 

 regarding his tracts he can have a proper check on taxation, can 

 treat intelligently and advantageously with prospective buyers, 

 and can know what to count on in the way of timber estimates. 



Having the boundaries properly delineated on the ground, 

 by plain and correctly measured lines, will prevent trespass, 

 allow better mapping control, and furnish needed data when 

 considering exact area. 



The efficient manager finds that there is an advantage in Value of 

 having the land cut up into as many subdivisions as is consistent subdivisions 

 with practical economy. Such subdivisions may be had by 

 running regular spotted lines or by using natural features of 

 division, such as heights of land. Square artificial divisions are 

 generally recommended as being more definite and more evident 

 on the ground to the logger. In making logging permits territory 

 can be granted by watersheds within these divisions if desired. 

 Subdivisions allow control of cutting, prevent waste in left 

 timber, make inspection easier, and provide a basis for more 

 intensive operations. Estimates are concentrated to easily 

 checked quantities, and the employment of finer methods of 

 mapping and selling are also made possible. 



Detailed estimates of timber on each subdivision, and definite 

 informatory reports as to handling will also prove invaluable to the 



