from past worlc* With this point in mind the District for- 

 est er urged Assistant IPorester Greoley and the rorecter to 

 join us this fall in marking a considerable area upon the 

 sale to the Sierra Sugar Pine Company on the Sierra Forest, 

 "/e felt it necessary to have the advice of the highest au- 

 thority obtainable in starting this work upo- so large a 

 sale in order that all disputed points might "be thoroughly 

 threshed out on the ground and a consistent policy as to 

 cuttings on national ^orost land definitely established. 



Upon this area we found three principal types: 

 namely, the composite ty e consisting of yellow pine, sugar 

 pine, incense oe ar and white fir; the 3rellow pine type 

 (found at comparatively low elevations on the south md west 

 exposures) v:hich consists largely of yellow pine with a con- 

 siderable percentage of ineenso cedc,r and e.n occasional sugar 

 pine; and the fir type which consists principally of red and 



white fir and a small misriure of sv.gc-r pine end incense cadar. 

 > 



One of the first principles established, was that 

 in all types mature and over mature trees should in all cases 

 be ns-rlred for removal unless needed for seed or for the pro- 

 tection of the area against the invasion of brush* Such trees 

 have been very aptly termed "bc.it" trees since the sold ob- 

 ject in leaving them in most cases is to furnish an attract- 

 ive inducement for a second cut within from forty to fifty 



years. However, since we are "07 no means sure in marrf in- 



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