Guessing 

 at values 

 obsolete 



A Southern party. We cover all sections of the American continent. 



who knows that exactness is often the difference between failure 

 and success. 



Not so very long ago, and even yet in many instances, the 

 value of forest property was appraised by sheer guess work. 

 The cruiser goes through the forest, notes a number of the 

 trees, or sometimes even observes them from a mountain tree 

 top, and after all his jottings and data are considered, in what 

 must be a rather superficial manner compared with scientific 

 methods, he judges value. In their particular locality, where 

 they have had long continued opportunity of seeing lumber cut 

 and what it will turn out, a surprising degree of accuracy is often 

 shown by these cruisers. But the personal equation is always 

 present, and while there are many instances where land has cut 

 just about what the cruiser reckoned, there are also many 

 instances where a great variation from the true valuation of 

 the property has been found. Compared with the scientific 

 methods of the forester the ordinary cruiser's work is refined 

 guess work, sometimes accurate in its results, and sometimes 

 wild to the point of absurdity. 



A better understanding of the difference between the two 

 methods of determining values can be gained by simple com- 

 parisons. There are men who can guess the weight of a person 

 so closely that it tallies favorably with the scales in a majority 



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