UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL, 



AMENDMENT NO. 147 INSTRUCTIONS. 



DECEMBEK 3, 1912. 



Timber Sales. The Instructions on page 58 are hereby amended 

 by adding the following after the last paragraph: 



TURPENTINE SALES. 



Except as hereafter provided, sales of turpentine will be governed, 

 General instruc- so far as applicable, by the instructions prescribed 

 tions - for timber sales. 



Applications for the purchase of turpentine should ordinarily be in 

 writing. Where formal applications are not required 



Applications. , i i i i i / i i 



the contract should be prepared in its final form in 

 each case before advertisement begins. 



Unaclvertised sales of turpentine for $100 or less will be made only 

 size of sales when necessary, in the discretion of the supervisor, 

 for the utilization of small or isolated bodies of 

 timber. 



Form 203 will be used in the preparation of con- 

 contracts, tracts, with the insertion of the special clauses re- 

 quired. 



Bonds may be required in all contracts for amount? exceeding 

 $100, and will be required in all contracts for amounts 

 exceeding $500. 



Payments other than the deposits made in advance of advertise- 

 Payments ment or with bids will be required either in advance 



or in two or more approximately equal amounts, 

 which must be so arranged that payment is well in advance of the 

 removal of the product. In all cases the date of the final payment 

 must precede the beginning of operations for the final contract season. 

 All turpentine sales will be made on a cup basis, the unit of measure 

 unit of measure being 1,000 cups. The total sum due will be deter- 

 mined from field counts of cups by forest officers. 

 ., . Cupping in advance of advertisement Avill not be 



Advance cupping. -,, -*- *, 



allowed. 



The object in all operations will be to secure the maximum produc- 

 ^ o11 ^ turpentine consistent with conservative sil- 

 vical management and the perpetuation of the forest. 

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