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the choice; cutting policy in so far as not covered already in the 

 digest of the working-plan conference. 



(c) General Cutting Plan for the next working period accord- 

 ing to the example given above. It should contain in addition 

 recommendations in regard to stumpage rates, methods of log- 

 ging, rules of cutting to prevent waste, and other features of 

 practical utilization such as probable purchasers, uses and mar- 

 kets, etc. An annual cutting plan for the ensuing year is usually 

 drawn up by the administrative officer in charge of the forest, 

 and does not as a rule form a part of the working-plan document. 



(d) General Planting Plan for the next working period 

 according to the example given below. A description of the 

 methods and cost of nursery, planting, and seeding practice 

 to be employed. An annual planting plan for the ensuing 

 year is usually drawn up by the administrative officer in charge 

 of the forest, and does not, as a rule, form a part of the working- 

 plan document. 



XoTE. — In addition to the general working plan, annual or periodic plans 

 may be based on the general working plan and may refer to any specified class 

 of work, as the annual cutting, planting, protection, grazing or administration and 

 improvement plan. Such annual plans may be either mere schedules or may con- 

 tain more or less detail, explanations, estimates of cost and results, as seems 

 desirable. 



SECTION TWO 



OUTLINES FOR WORKING PLAN 



Three t>^ical outlines for working-plan documents will be 

 given. A. The Prussian outline, t\^ical of forest organization 

 in countries based on forest-rent.* B. The Saxon outline, 

 typical of forest organization in countries based on soil-rent,* 

 and, C, an outline t}pical for the average extensive conditions 

 existing in America. This last includes all the phases of a com- 

 plete forest plan. 



* See " Rotation," p. 6i. 



