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(16) Green timber which will cut a log not less than inches in diameter at the 



top and not less than feet long, and for diameters over inches containing not 



less than per cent of merchantable lumber of any grade, and for smaller diameters 



not less than per cent of merchantable lumber of any grade will be considered 



merchantable. Dead timber which will cut a log not less than inches in diameter 



at the top and not less than per cent of merchantable lumber of any grade will 



be considered merchantable. [The diameters and per cents depending upon char- 

 acter of material and local market conditions.] 



(17) If material suitable for saw timber in the judgment of the Forest officer is cut 

 into cordwood, it shall be scaled and paid for at the same rate as if used for saw timber. 

 [To be inserted in sales which include both cordwood and saw timber.] 



(18) Unmerchantable timber may be used free of charge for construction purposes 

 in connection with the sale. 



(19) If donkey engines are used, the rigging shall be slung as far as practicable 

 upon stumps, or marked trees, and when possible the grab hook shall be used in all 

 cases rather than the wire choker. 



(20) Camps, chutes, and other improvements will be removed from the sale area 

 within six months from the termination of the contract, and if not so removed will 

 become the property of the United States. 



(21) Camps, flumes, roads, dams, bridges, chutes, and other improvements required 

 in logging will be located as agreed with the Forest officer, and in accordance with 

 such conditions as he may prescribe. 



(22) This contract is intended to provide for logging in the woods by means of 



Any other method of logging may be 



(Indicate whether by horses, donkey engines, etc.) 



employed only with the consent of the Forest officer approving this contract and under 

 such conditions and restrictions as may be agreed upon with him. [To be inserted 

 especially where there is a probability of substituting steam logging for other methods.] 



(23) Cutting will begin at a point designated by the Forest officer, and will be con- 

 fined to the least possible area which will yield the amount specified in this agree- 

 ment. [To be inserted in all sales for a definite amount instead of for all merchantable 

 timber on a given area.] 



(24) All camp buildings and structures on the National Forest shall be located in a 

 manner satisfactory to the Forest officers at a sufficient distance from any stream to 

 prevent pollution of any city water supply. 



(25) Not to exceed per cent of the merchantable timber [separate percentages 



to be designated for each species if advisable] will be reserved in marking. [Desirable 

 in the larger sales to indicate definitely to the purchaser the proportion of the stand 

 which he will be permitted to log.] 



Special clauses, based on the recommendations of the Bureau of 

 Entomology, will be inserted in contracts for the sale 

 of insect-iiif ested t timber. These clauses must be 

 specific in requiring that trees be cut, peeled, or 

 sawed and brush disposed of, as the nature of the infestation requires, 

 at the tune required by Forest officers and by specified dates of each 

 year. 



ADMINISTRATION OF SALES GENERAL. 



The chief objects of timber-sale administration are to obtain the 

 best forest conditions possible and complete utilization, with a mini- 

 mum cost to the Service and prompt attention to the purchaser's 

 needs. 



Actual participation where possible and at least frequent per- 

 sonal supervision by supervisors, deputy supervisors, and Forest 

 assistants of all woods work is essential, as is also close supervision 

 by the officer in charge in order that the purchaser may know from 

 the first exactly what will be required of him and that his expenses 

 may nob be increased by delayed changes in method. 



Small sales are as important from a silvicultural standpoint as 



small sales larger ones, consequently the methods used in each 



class which affect forest conditions must be given 



equal consideration. Small sales are more expensive proportionately 



