74 THE USE BOOK. 



After issuing a permit, the Forest officer may send the permittee 

 to this area, thus avoiding the necessity of a visit to the timber 

 with each applicant before cutting. Each applicant should clear 

 up the brush from his own cutting and be responsible for his 

 share of the area. 



The Forest officer who issues the free-use permit will fill out 

 Form 874 8 in triplicate. This may be done very conveniently 

 by the use of carbon sheets. The applicant will sign the original 

 and duplicate copies and the Forest officer, after approving 

 them, will give the original to the applicant, send the duplicate 

 to the supervisor, and retain the third copy, on which the signa- 

 tures should be copied, for his files. The supervisor will use 

 the original free-use permits in preparing his annual free-use 

 statement. The permit will usually contain information suf- 

 ficient to enable the supervisor to record it properly. Additional 

 facts may be stated on Form 874 13. 



When the permittee has secured the material desired, or, 

 when the time allowed has expired, the officer in charge of the 

 cutting should report to the supervisor on Form 874-14. 



Although simple methods and the exercise of i |ufjgT rLf ) n t are 

 encouraged, there should be no tendency to underrate the impor- 

 tance of free-use business or the necessity of considering the 

 "good of the National Forest. TT-IP nP of ipari material should 

 be encouraged in every possible way, and the assignment of 

 green timber, when really necessary, must be where it can best 

 be spared. Whenever practicable, dead and defective trees and 

 ineir_Secies^should be taken. The cutting will thus im- 

 prove the forest by taking out the less desirable trees. Special 

 care must be taken to insure reproduction. Low stumps and 

 .^fulljise of all trees cut^niust be required, as well as careful .dis- 

 posal of _refuse. Officers in charge of cutting will be held re- 

 "spohsible if unnecessary damage is done to young growth or 

 standing timber or if the reproduction of the forest is not prop- 

 erly considered. The violation of any of the regulations govern- 

 ing free use, or of the terms of permit, constitutes trespass, and 

 should be dealt with accordingly, but there should be no failure 

 on the part of the Forest officer to make all points clear to the 

 appHcant before the permit is granted. 



