212 GLOSSARY 



Range Branding 



Cattle on the Western ranges run practically wild and 

 are seldom caught or coralled except for branding or 

 when sold. One of the chief duties of the cowpuncher 

 is to ride about the range and catch every calf which 

 he sees unbranded. He then burns in the proper 

 brand which may be ascertained by examining the cow 

 with which the calf runs. This is called Range Brand- 

 ing, because the work is carried out on the range with- 

 out waiting for the general roundup. 



Reconnaissance 



Preliminary examination or survey. In Forestry it 

 includes the mapping of the country worked, an esti- 

 mate of the timber by species, and descriptive data 

 indicating the watershed system and logging possi- 

 bilities of the territory covered. 



Reproduction 



The general term, in Forestry, for the young growth 

 in a forest, including seedlings, saplings, and poles 

 the names for the tree at various stages of early de- 

 velopment. Upon the character and quality of the 

 reproduction depends, as far as can be foreseen, the 

 nature of the future forest. 



Section 



In surveying, one of the portions of a square mile 

 each into which the public lands of the United States 

 are divided. One thirty-sixth part of a township. 

 These sections are divided into quarter sections of one 

 hundred and sixty acres each, which may be pre- 

 empted under the homestead laws both on and outside 

 of National Forests. 



Silvics or Silviculture 



The study of trees and tree species, with their growth, 

 peculiarities and habitat, as parts of a forest. 



