ment Irimb-eiL is -^rOoessoJble., to what ex- 

 tent wo -old. you out the (krrErnxme:at timber 

 on that 80 acres - would you/ make "very 

 much of a discrepancy in cutting it ac- 

 cording to tlie conditions siir rounding it? 

 puBois: Mr.Greeley's answer to that is: 

 ~7e are responsible for the reproduction 

 and maintenance of all timber in the 

 National forests, and while we might 

 possibly < in the case of a tract too 

 small to ever furnish an individual 

 "bloc:,: make concessions in price; we 

 never ma!;:e concessions in silvicultural 

 requirements, 



9:55 ~ feplanat ion of Marking Principles Recently Applied 

 in Sample Marking on Sierra and IHamath Forests. 



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Previous to this year the amount of timber sold 

 had "been so small that we have "been satisfied to follow 

 complacently the marking rules which were worked out a num- 

 ber of years ago. Our practice lias "be on to play p.n absolute- 

 ly safe game "by mailing light cuttings and I arn afre.id that 

 we have given too much consideration to the general appear- 

 ance of our cut over areas. The fact that a cala area looks 

 well and has seed trees oyenly distributed over it does not 

 necessarily mean that the "best silyicultural principles were 

 followed in the marking. The large sales that liave developed 

 during the past year, however, ihave compelled us to scrutin- 

 ize all of our established sale practices closely and to 

 make absolutely sure that in all respects we were up to the 

 standard in-so-far as we aro able to establish a standard 

 ^^^^mn m - -i-in TIT*- ma. I/TOT rflSiiTbs that are so far apparent 



