284 FELLING AND CONVERSION OF TIMBER. 



transport are done generally by contract [as in Indian fuel- 

 forests Tr.] . 



SECTION VIII. SORTING THE CONVERTED MATERIAL AND 

 FIXING THE SALE-LOTS. 



The first rough sorting of the material from the felling-area 

 is done when the workmen bring the pieces to the forest- 

 depot, and this classification will hold for all the heavier 

 pieces, logs, butts, etc., which cannot be moved about in the 

 depot. The men therefore must take the greatest care to 

 arrange these pieces properly, once for all. Pieces, however, 

 which can be moved easily by the men, may be arranged some- 

 what more carefully at the depot itself ; this refers chiefly 

 to firewood and small timber. Every kind of material is 

 arranged in small lots, which can be measured easily and their 

 value estimated. This arrangement should be commenced as 

 soon as sufficient stuff has come down from the felling-area, 

 and continued pari passu with the conversion and clearance 

 of the latter, so that it may terminate immediately after the 

 felling-area has been cleared. 



The sale-lots may be either in separate pieces, by numbers 

 of pieces, or in stacked volumes. 



1. Single Pieces forming a Lot. 



All large pieces, such as logs and butts, are measured 

 separately, and even if several such pieces are sold together, 

 the rule is to estimate the value of each piece separately. 



In the case of broadleaved timber, hardly any two logs or 

 butts are alike, and each piece should be sold separately. Coni- 

 ferous pieces, on the contrary, are far more regular in quality, 

 form and dimensions, especially the butts intended for saw- 

 mills ; a moderate number of similar pieces may therefore be 

 arranged in a lot. Places in which they are to be arranged 

 should therefore be shown to the woodcutters before any wood 

 has come down to the depot. 



In forests subject to inundations, logs should be secured with 

 cords or wire to posts driven into the ground. 



