logs contained in each tree showed that in having all snags, 

 diaoasod and otherwise undesirable trees cut, which unlor 

 tho old regulations uoro loft at sliding in the Poroat, ws 

 gained abou; 017.00 per aero, figured at the pricoa quoted 

 in tho M.A.Burns contract. Svon if this figure is 5C^ off 

 tho gain is still so important that it would bo folly to 

 overlook this source of incoxno. 



I ought rathor to liavo said that all those advan- 

 tages shall bo gained once wo havo vor'iod out tho scheme in 

 all its dot-ails* 7o aro just in tho vory bo{;inniii3, Thoro 

 is plenty of room, for inctanco, for raising senple mrlring .. . 

 to tho dignity of an art, which it our-ht to ho, instead cf 

 a simple rule of thumb proposition* Most of the marking 

 is dono by men who aro not exports. Thoy will bo greatly 

 helped in thoir worli by tho study of outward signs of dis- 

 ease in a troe. Diseased troes gone rally show certain symp- 

 toms of tho trouble or troubles thoy aro suffering from, 

 some of which aro Irnown to oTory practicc.1 lumberman- -Of ton, 

 howeTor, thoro aro othor symptoms noro oaeily overlooked, 

 vrhich are of groat ost value for tho ostahllshjmcnt oi' cull 

 por cont in standing timber, TTorlr along thoso linos has 

 been concent rat od during tho last year or two on tho in- 

 ferior spocies; particularly, Inoenso Codar and Uhito IPir, 

 Sugar Pine and Yollow Pine will be ablo to ta!:c care of 

 thonsolvos until Y/O Irnow moxo about tho so called inferior 



