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to determine the average, or experimental tables may be 

 referred to for the purpose. It is to be regretted that there is 

 little general agreement as to the class dimensions of poles, 

 and the volumes of different lots are in a state of chaos. 



(c) Stacked Wood. In estimating the quantity of stacked 

 wood and faggots, all that has to be done is to count the 

 number of units of recognised dimensions and enter them in 

 the book, and as the stacks are usually 1, 2, 3 or rarely 4 

 stacked cubic meters, this is a very simple affair. At the 

 same time, the dimensions of the stacks as to height and 

 breadth should be checked, here and there, by actual measure- 

 ment. The depth is the actual length of the billets, the 

 correctness of which should be seen to carefully during the 

 conversion. The stacks must be piled also as densely as 

 possible ; badly piled stacks should be upset and piled again. 

 The length and girth of the faggots should be checked at the 

 same time, and the number of faggots entered in the book. 



3. Estimating the Quality of the Produce. 



This includes all the points already referred to, such as 

 species, grain, and customs of the market. The species 

 should be entered always in the range receipt-book, but to 

 enter the other points would lead the manager too far into 

 detail. Taken altogether, however, they enable the forest 

 manager to decide on the quality of the produce and he will 

 pay the more attention to these points, the more valuable each 

 lot is likely to be. 



As already stated, the greatest attention should be paid to 

 the quality of the oak-timber and to logs of spruce and silver- 

 fiv, which have far to go to reach their ultimate destination. 

 In the interests of trade, it is desirable that such wood should 

 be perfectly sound at least when handed over by the forester to 

 ilic timber-merchant. 



4. Vahialion. 



As soon as the quantity of the produce of the felling has all 

 Ucn cntoTod, and llio manager has become acquainted with 

 the quality of each lot, he should proceed to put an estimated 

 ]tri<-<> on MIC lots, in accordance with Ilir laics!, information he 



