RESIN SALES 195 



Resin Sales. According to a digest of resin sales made at Mont-de- 

 Marsan, October 5, 1909, for the period 1910 to 1914, inclusive, the policy 

 of favoring the small operator is just as much in evidence as with ordinary 

 timber sales in other parts of France. The payments which are made 

 annually vary between $400 and $2,000 and, ordinarily are less than 

 $1,500. If a large company, for example, desired to secure a considerable 

 area for resin operations, it would be necessary for it to bid in a number 

 of contiguous or nearly contiguous resin sales, some of which might be 

 advantageously located for a small local operator. This clearly results in 

 a better price and gives the small operator an excellent chance to secure 

 areas convenient to his home. Each bidder is supplied with detailed 

 data as to the stand and estimated products, boundaries, methods of 

 removal, and charges, as in the case of ordinary timber sales. An 

 example follows : 



"Article 1. Forest of Biscarrosse Fifth series. Affectation 1 (p) Canton dune 

 de Jaongue-Soule. First lot, area 91 acres. 



Clear-cut regeneration felling, with privileges of tapping to death for 4 years from 

 1910 to 1913, comprising the exploitation of 15,379 pines, to wit: 



D. B. H. inches = Poles 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 

 15,379 pines = 235 3248 3938 3857 1898 841 707 486 118 30 13 6 2 



Estimated products: Lumber 3,164 cubic meters; firewood, 1,186 steres; resin 1,762 

 hectoliters. 



Boundaries: N. fire line boundary of the Gironde; E. fire line parallel No. 2; S. second 

 lot; W. communal water hollow of Jaongue-Soule. 



Removal: By the Cugnes and Brofond roads. .- 



Accessory exploitation: Lopping understory. Products may be left as they lie. 



Charges: Repair of roads, $173.70. 



Fire tool box: The contractor shall install, either in a tapper's cabin or in a special 

 locked box, in a place to be designated by the local forest officer, the following tools 

 2 axes, 2 sickles, 2 shovels, and 2 rakes. The kind of tools will be selected by the head 

 ranger; they will remain the property of the contractor who will keep them intact and 

 in good condition; the depot will be ready by January 31 following the sale." 



The following special clauses were specified : 



"The extracting of resin will take place in the following manner instead of as specified 

 in Art. 19 of the specifications (see Appendix, p. 429): 



Of the trees to be tapped alive those so designated by the Forest Service may re- 

 ceive two faces. 



If the period of tapping is 5 years, the face may be raised 23.6 inches during the 

 first two years; 25.6 inches during the third and fourth years, and 27.5 inches during 

 the fifth, provided the total height of the face does not exceed 10.5 feet. If this period 

 is four years, the face may be raised 25.6 inches the first year, 27.5 inches during the 

 second and third years, and 29.5 inches during the fourth, provided the total height 

 of the face does not exceed 9.2 feet. In all cases the width of the face must not exceed 

 the following dimensions: During the first year 3.5 inches, during the second 3.1 inches, 

 during the third 2.8 inches, during the fourth 2.4 inches, during the fifth 2 inches. 



