302 SALE AND TRANSPORT OF PRODUCE 



The Marking and Lotting of Timber. 



The separate marking of timber, previous to the felling 

 thereof, will often be unnecessary, as, for instance, where a 

 whole area is to be clear felled. But, wherever there can be 

 any doubt as to what is to be felled, marking must take 

 place ; either the trees to be cut must be marked, or those 

 that are to be left must be marked. In the former case, as, 

 for instance, hedgerow timber or trees to be cut under 

 the selection system, or thinnings to be removed, the trees 

 may be simply blazed with a handbill. And in the latter 

 case, when the marked trees are to be left, they should be 

 marked by a ring of white paint, etc., since no harm must be 

 done to the tree. It is very important that trees should be 

 marked on both sides, as otherwise mistakes are often made. 



Where trees are to be sold standing, each tree to be 

 felled should be marked with a ring of white paint, and 

 should be separately numbered, unless the whole of a given 

 area is to be felled and sold in one lot, or unless the excepted 

 trees are marked and the remaining trees on the area are 

 comprised in one lot. 



The Lotting of Timber is a matter that requires very 

 great experience. It will almost always be necessary, and 

 the folly of selling large lots of mixed timber cannot be 

 too strongly condemned. The different species of trees 

 should almost invariably be sold separately ; and, in many 

 cases, separate lots should be formed for different qualities of 

 the same species. 



For merchants continually get orders for some particular 

 class of timber; and, on the other hand, they often have 

 much difficulty in disposing of certain classes of timber; 

 so that if they have a full stock of all kinds except the 

 particular class for which they have a special order, they 

 cannot possibly give a full price for a mixed lot in order to 

 obtain some trees of the particular species they require. 

 Then again, the lots should never be too large. Their actual 

 size will depend upon the amount of timber to be sold and 

 upon the local market. 



