10:10 ~ Bccnony ana. Efficiency in Making Snail Salos "by 

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JEJSDICT: 



Woodbury, who prccodod rie , has covered this nub- 

 3oct a good deal in rlotail and it won't "bo necessary for 

 no to o into tho subject any further than to say that I 

 believe that, at tho prosont time, it is "both inadvisable 

 and impossible, all things considered, to na^o snail sales 

 "by estimate, I "baso ny contention on tho following argu- 

 nonts, which, to a largo ostont, aro Golf-oirr-lana.tory: 



1, Inaccurate and fcaconploto volurno ta"blos and cull 

 factor* 



E Tho application of any voliino tabloc and cull fac- 

 tor on a small nun j or of trees v/ill not give accurate and 

 satisfactory rosultc, sinply "because tho oporp.tion of these 



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tables s based on noaorj:onontv". of a largo nuD.be r cf treos, 

 and their a;..aioation in a snail decree is vory opt to gitfo 

 yery inaccurate and u:is at is factory result s 4 



3 4 Tho value of the services rendered tho public be- 

 cause of such unsatisfactory results is materially decreased 

 if the cliff oronces in adninistrativo costs, as outlined by 

 TToodbury, can bo eliuinatod by careful planning on tho 

 of tho Officer making tho sale* I believe that anyone 

 can readily seo that in tho najority of snail sales only 

 twc trips to the sale area aro nocessary; one to nalio the 



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