UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



AMENDMENT NO. 148 INSTRUCTIONS. 



JANUARY 2, 1913. 



Timber Sales. Next to the last paragraph on page 14, with 

 marginal heading "By advertisement/' is hereby amended by adding 

 the following : 



, except sales to homestead settlers and farmers under the terms of 

 Regulation S-9. 



The last paragraph on page 14 is hereby amended by adding the 

 following sentence : 



Sales to homestead settlers and farmers under the requirements 

 of Regulation S-9, which may be made in any amount without 

 advertisement, are also classed as private sales. 



The third paragraph on page 27, with center heading " Private 

 Sale/' is hereby amended by inserting the words "Of advertised 

 timber" as a marginal heading. The Instructions on page 27 are 

 further amended by adding immediately after the third paragraph 

 the foUowing paragraphs with marginal heading " Sales to settlers 

 and farmers": 



Sales to homestead settlers and farmers under Regulation S-9 



will be made without advertisement, in any amount 



fa?me e r s s tosettlersand desired, at the price fixed annually in each National 



Forest region of similar conditions by the Secretary 



as equivalent to the actual cost of making and administering such 



sales. 



Only material to be used by the purchasers for domestic purposes 

 exclusively on homesteads and farms will be sold under this regula- 

 tion. Such uses include the construction or repair of farm buildings 

 of any character, fences and other improvements, and fuel. Sales 

 under this regulation will not be made to agents employed by the 

 person or persons who will use the timber cut, to manufacturers or 

 others who propose in turn to sell the material to settlers or farmers, 

 or to persons wno have on their own lands a sufficient and practically 

 accessible supply of material suitable for the purposes required. 

 Such sales will, furthermore, be restricted to mature, dead, and 

 down timber which may be cut without injury to forest conditions. 

 As close utilization of inferior species and grades of material as 

 practicable for the purposes of the purchaser will be required. 



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