used aro thoso: 



1% By collecting a huge amount of dot ailed statis- 

 tics 011 amoiuit of timber, water and range resources, 

 value of cover, direct and indirect bcnofits to "be fur- 

 nished tho public, etc., end then trying to correlate 

 and us o it , 



2, Bj c, careful study of present volumo of "business, 

 costs, and efficiency; the application of tho results of 

 this stiidy to procont complete resources; and by as simple 

 a forecast of future "business and resources as is possible. 

 Then, as a result of clarifying those ideas, the collec- 

 tion of onlj2; such simple data as is absolutely necessary. 

 At present I can soo absolutely no uso in spend- 

 ing tho enormous amount of time and energy necessary in 

 collecting the me,Bs of information called for by tho one 

 or two Plan outlines I have soon sac", by tho Manual. I 

 belioYo that with half tho tiiLO aid montal effort a man 

 can get up a plan which is sinplo, understandable, brief, 

 and at the sarno tine basically sound, and one whose prin- 

 ciples will remain intact for as long as will any plan 

 prepared at tho present tine. 



Discussion. 



Pratt suggested as a method of ap- 

 proach mailing a synopsis of the 

 business of tho Forest by lines of 

 work since it began as a basis of 

 comparison. 



