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in their place; so that this portion of the paragraph will read, ''to pay for all timber 

 not cut during the time specified in said contract at the rate of," etc. Except in 

 very unusual cases, it is the, intention to charge an increased rate for only that timber 

 still uncut, and not for any timber which the purchaser has cut but has not removed 

 from the Forest. 



Keeping Track of Expiration of Sales 



The attention of supervisors is called to the fact that in Class A and unadvertised 

 Class B sales, as well as in all other sales, the closing date should be kept on a promise 

 card, so that when the time expires the closing of the sale or the extension of the time, 

 as the case may be, shall be initiated by the supervisor. Attention to this will mate- 

 rially reduce the amount of routine correspondence between the District offices and 

 supervisors. 



GRAZING. 



Numbering Amended and Supplemental Permits 



In order that the same stock may not be counted twice against the- Secretary's 

 authorization or in the semiannual reports, a change has been made in the instructions 

 of the December (1908) Field Program. Hereafter all amended permits correcting 

 errors, allowing an extension of the grazing period, or for stock retained after permit 

 for a portion of the stock has been issued to a purchaser, will be given the same serial 

 number as the original, omitting the addition of the letters a, b, etc. The necessary 

 correction for an amended permit will be made on the original card; but when a sup- 

 plemental permit is issued bearing the same serial number as the original with the addi- 

 tion of the letters a, b, etc., a new card will be written for the additional number of 

 stock. 



Acreage to be Shown in Regulation 65 Permits 



A number of permits are being received under Regulation 65 which do not show 

 acreage. It is especially important that the acreage be given in all permits issued 

 under this regulation, both where no waiver is made and where the stock is confined 

 to the private lands. The information is necessary for use in the annual grazing 

 reports to the Forester. 



Applications of New Beginners- 

 The applications of new beginners may be approved for the full protective limit, 

 when such action does not necessitate a reduction in the number of stock allowed 

 other users; but when the range is fully occupied applications of new beginners 

 should not be approved for more than one-half the protective limit number. The 

 total number of stock allowed all new beginners in any one year must not exceed 3 

 per cent of the total allowance. The permits allowed all new beginners must not in 

 any case cause an annual reduction of more than 10 per cent on the permit of any 

 old user. 



When the average number of stock grazed under each permit is less than the protec- 

 tive limit, the applications of new beginners should not be approved for more than 

 one-fourth the protective limit, and only with the understanding that the stock will be 

 run in connection with cultivated lands and fed during the winter. When the average 

 number of stock grazed under each permit is 20 per cent below the protective limit, 

 no applications from new beginners will be approved, unless the conditions warrant 

 a reduction of the protective limit. 



Applicants will be classified in accordance with the total number of stock owned, 

 instead of the number for which permit is desired. The number which air applicant 

 is allowed to graze will be determined upon the merits of each case. The applications 

 of new beginners who are in Class "B" may be approved for the number of stock 

 allowed other new beginners, when the circumstances justify it. 

 Restrictions in Issuance of Crossing Permits 



Crossing permits will not be issued allowing stock to cross a National Forest prior to 

 the opening of the grazing season for the class of stock concerned, except when the 

 stock is to be confined to a regularly established driveway. 



Inclusive dates between which the crossing privilege may be exercised should be 

 included in the permit, which should be made effective for a period sufficient to pro- 

 vide against unavoidable delay in its use. 



Permits under Regulation 66, allowing stock to cross a National Forest from one 

 point to another outside its limits, or permits under Regulation 65, allowing stock to 



