42 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL TIMBER SALES. 



When there is more than one forest type within the area ex- 

 amined, separate estimates for each type should be 



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The Forest officer will submit an estimate of the merchantable tim- 



Timber to be left k er whi^ w ^l ^ e ^ e ^ after logging under the plan of 



cutting proposed. This estimate will inclucle seed 



trees, young timber which it is inadvisable to cut, and timber of sizes 



or species not desired by the applicant and which can properly be left. 



It is essential that the estimate include the percentages of the 



, different grades of logs or of the different grades of lum- 



Grades of material. -, , . f> . , 



ber which will be cut in order that the market value 



of the product and stumpage value of the timber may be determined. 



The work of estimating will be done as carefully as conditions will 



intensit allow. Only in the largest sales may less than 5 per 



cent of the total area be actually estimated, and 



whenever possible a much larger percentage will be taken. Estimates 



will be conservative, but overcuts should not ordinarily exceed 10 



per cent of the estimate. 



The Forest description, which will follow the outline on Form 578a, 



Forest descri tion w ^ ^ e m su ^ c i en t detail to show clearly all features 



of the proposed sale. Data on logging and milling 



costs must be complete in order that proper stumpage prices may be 



determined. 



When common names for trees are used the nomenclature in 



Bulletin 17, Check List of the Forest Trees of the 



Nomenclature. United States, except as modified in Forest Trees of 



the Pacific Slope, will be used. 



Where possible, Forest officers will explain to applicants on the 



Explanation and g roun d, an d preferably before the formal application 



demonstration to is signed, all the requirements of the regulations and 



the special conditions which will be recommended in 



the sale under consideration. The Forest officer who prepares the 



application will be held responsible for the applicant's clear under- 



standing of its conditions. The purchaser, however, should not be 



assured that his application will be approved or that the contract 



will contain certain provisions, except by the approving officer him- 



self. 



The reliability of an applicant and his reputation in the community 



Reliability and w ^ be ascertained. If he has previously made use of 



financial standing of National Forest resources, his methods of business will 



applicants. 



financial 

 National 

 is furnished to each district office. 



The application will follow, as nearly as possible, the form of the 



Application to foi- ^^ contract in order that the purchaser may fully 



low terms of con- understand from the first the exact conditions of 



the sale. 



Formal application, when required, must be made in every instance 



sales to actual by the person who proposes to purchase the timber. 



purchasers only. Applications will not be received from a person acting 



for an undisclosed principal. Advertised sales will not be made to 



an officer of a corporation in his capacity as an individual when 



