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of tlic tiinlxT. 'I'ht'so air all virgin fori'sts, and a ^ixhI iiiaiiv «>f them 

 have rcacluMl a pdiut wIhtc the tiiulu'r is (li'trrioratm^ fmin old ai;r - 

 tlecavinj; ami whore U> poslpono cuttin^j wcjiild In* n wa.Htc. 'rh<».sc 

 arc tlic pliict's where we are loeatin^ new eiiltiiit^ operations. 



Mr. .V.NDKUsoN. Will this SlOO, ()()() eiiahle y<»u to make the surveys 

 which ou«;ht to he made to support the sales which it will he proper 

 to consummate and which it is prohahle will he consummat(Ml '. 



Colonel (iKKKi.KY. 1 think luit, Mr. Chairman. In my jiul^ment, 

 with this item at its present (i;;ure, we will hav«' to curtail the imreaso 

 in tiinher sales whicn wouhl he desirahle and proper from the stand- 

 point of the ctmdition of the stumpa^'c. 



Mr. BrciiAN.VN. Ahout how many feet have you surveyed and how 

 much will this survey ( 



Colonel GiiKELEY. This ."j;l()(),()()() ^ 



Mr. Br( iiANAX. Yes. 



Colonel (iKKELKY. This $l()(),U(J() will piohahl} cover fri^m live to 

 six i»illion feet. 



Mr. HrciiANAN. Then if you had a demand for what you have 

 already surveyed you would have eiiou<;h to meet your rurrent 

 demands, that is. enouji;h for you to sell seven or eight hillion feet < 



Colonel Creeley. Yes, sir. 



Mr. BrcnAXAX. Because you luive over 2, 000, 000,000 feet already 

 ■surveyed ( 



Coloiu'l Greei.ky. Oh, yes; we can meet the situation partly in 

 that way. The dilliculty arises, however, that we ought to he able 

 to extend the surveys much more rapidly than we have been able 

 to do in advance of these applications, in order to know where tlio 

 timber is that is most in need of cutting. 



Mr. BrcHANAX. The old timber? 



Colonel Greeley. Y^es. We have not been able to get a sufR- 

 ciently broad, comprehensive knowledge of the entire 80,000,000 

 acres, which is a pretty big parcel of land. 



Mr. BuciiAXAX. Does it take this character of suney to deter- 

 mine the old timber { 



Colonel Crkeley. It takes a fairly intensive survey. Mr. Buchanan, 

 to determine where the old timber is and to get the necessary infor- 

 mation for a proper appraisal. You see, we are re(iuired by law 

 to appraise the commercial value of this stumpage, and with the 

 values of some of these sales running into millions of dollars we 

 have got to have exact data. It would not be right to sell the 

 timber without it. 



MISCELLAXEOUS forest IXVESTIGATIOXS. 



Mr. AxDERsox. We will take up the next item, which is on page 

 162. for other miscellaneous forest investigations, etc. 



Colonel (iREELEY. This is another item which is unchanged. The 

 fund is used for the preparation and editing of publications, the fur- 

 nishing (»f information to the public, and some for the preparation of 

 forestry exhibits. A portion of the fund also goes into the prepara- 

 tion and printing of maps and the maintenance of statistical records 

 for all the needs of the service. 



Mr. BrcHAXAX. This is used to follow up the work already done? 



Colonel Greeley. Yes, sir. 



