SERVICE NOTES FOR NOVEMBER. 



These notes contain Instructions and necessary [ information for 

 Forest officers, and will, therefore, ['be carefully read and kept on file 

 for reference. ' 



BRANCH OF SILVICULTURE. 



F FOREST MANAGEMENT. 



Book of Tree Measurements 



Attention is called to an error on the sample page of the " Book of Tree Measure- 

 ments," Form 334. The "Used length" and "Merchantable length" should not 

 include stump height. Therefore, the figures given for these measurements at the 

 top of the sample page should be 108 and 132, respectively, instead of 111 and 135. 

 The Forest Description should give, in addition to the subjects specified, the damage 

 caused by fire, wind, lightning, insects, fungi, snow, etc. These corrections should 

 be made in all the books that have been sent out from this office. 



New Form of Bond, Form 377 



A new bond, Form 377 (3 sheets) , superseding Forms 226a, 226b, and 288, has been 

 prepared, and a supply is now in stock at the Supply Depot, Ogden, Utah. Super- 

 visors should make requisition for the new form at once and destroy all old forms 

 that are now on hand. 



Closing Stamps 



In accordance with "S-M " letter of June 30, all supervisors should provide them- 

 selves with a closing stamp to be used on final cutting reports in timber sales, timber 

 settlement, free use and administrative use cases. This detail is being commonly 

 overlooked. 



Refunds 



To avoid delay in making refunds, refund vouchers, properly prepared, should 

 accompany all final cutting reports in which refund is recommended. In recom- 

 mending refunds to purchasers who have never operated on their sales or who have 

 suspended operations before completion, the supervisor, before making the recom- 

 mendation, should give careful consideration to the advisability of deducting the 

 estimated cost of advertising, mapping, estimating, and marking from the amount 

 which the purchaser has on deposit v\ith the Fiscal Agent. It is thought that a 

 deduction in such cases will tend to discourage speculation and unnecessary delay on 

 the part of purchasers. 



Scale Reports 



Owing to the large number of faulty scale reports which are still being received, 

 it seems necessary again to call the attention of supervisors to the necessity of check- 

 ing over scale reports with great care before approving them. Duplicate letters of 

 transmittal in Class A and unadvertised Class B sales must contain all the informa- 

 tion called for on page 79 of "The Use Book," and must be initialed by the super- 

 visor in the lower left-hand corner unless signed by him. Since no further informa- 

 tion is received regarding these classes of sales until the final cutting report is made, 

 the duplicate Form 861 must be returned for correction whenever full information IB 

 not furnished. This causes considerable unnecessary work in this office, which could 

 easily he obviated by more care on the part of supervisors. 



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