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Forester's Sales 



In Forester's sales, as soon as one publication of the notice of sale has been made, 

 the Forest officer in charge should send the applicant and other prospective bidders 

 a copy of Form 941 with a clipping of the notice of sale attached, together with 

 instructions that bids should be submitted promptly. This is necessary in order 

 that the bids may be received in Washington before the date fixed, by the notice of 

 sale as the last day for receiving bids. Bidders frequently fail to give the location 

 of the timber and the different kinds and species included in the sale. 



At the same time, Form 935 should be sent to the Forester. 



Insect-Infested Timber, Black Hills National Forest 



Under the General Notice of Sale dated February 4, 1907, sixteen sales of insect- 

 infested timber have been made, disposing of 10,100,000 feet B. M. of saw timber 

 and 2,200 cords of wood. A price of $1 per thousand feet B. M. for saw timber and 

 25 cents per cord for cord wood has been obtained. 



Advance Payments 



All timber sale contracts require that payment shall be made in definite amounts 

 in advance of cutting. This regulation should be construed to mean that payments 

 should be made in advance of cutting rather than of scaling. A number of cutting 

 reports have been received recently in which it is evident that Forest officers, in 

 requiring payments, have not taken into consideration the amount of material cut 

 but not scaled. 



Timber Sales Running Over Two Years 



All timber sale contracts in which the period allowed for the completion of the 

 sale is more than two years should provide that a definite part of the total estimated 

 amount of timber be cut and removed each year. 



Sale of Doug-las Fir, Cedar, and Hemlock 



Two bids have been received for approximately 35,854,000 feet B. M. of Douglas 

 fir, 6,229,000 feet B. M. of cedar, and 2,839,000 feet B. M. of hemlock, recently 

 advertised in the Washington National Forest (West). The highest h^l, $2.43 per 

 thousand feet B. M. for fir, $2.10 per thousand feet B. M. for cedar, and $1.50 per 

 thousand feet B. M. for hemlock, was submitted by the Bolcom-Riley Logging Com- 

 pany, of Sumas, Wash. There are no special conditions in connection with the sale, 

 and the bid was based entirely upon the recognized market value of the timber. 



OFFICE OF SILVICS. 



Timber-Destroying Fungi 



Mr. K. W. Woodward recently sent in specimens of a fungus which he found very 

 prevalent on balsam and hemlock in the Lewis and Clark National Forest. The 

 specimens were identified as EcMnodontium tinctorum, a little-known species, upon 

 the life history of which practically nothing has been written. It is exceedingly 

 desirable that Forest officers report the occurrence of destructive fungi attacking 

 forest trees on the National Forests and, wherever possible, submit specimens of the 



