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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



May 



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LOGS FROM SEWANEE FOREST AT THE SAWMILL. 



2. All marked trees shall be cut, un- 

 less a reason satisfactory to the inspector 

 is given for leaving them. 



3. Except in the case of hollow or 

 dote, no stumps higher than one foot 

 above the ground shall be cut. 



4. Care shall be taken not to injure 

 young growth while felling, cutting, or 

 hauling the timber. 



5. As much as possible of each tree 

 shall be cut into logs two inches longer 

 than the lengths called for by the mill. 



6. The logs shall be well butted and 

 hauled to the mill. 



7. Every effort shall be made to ex- 

 tinguish any fire which may be seen. 



A separate contract was made with 

 the same man for logging the plateau, 

 containing the same rules, with this 

 additional rule, that "such White Oak 

 and Chestnut Oak trees and parts of 

 trees that will not yield sawlogs shall 

 be cut into as many railroad ties as 

 possible." 



The University of the South, in lum- 

 bering its tract along conservative lines, 

 has set other owners of Tennessee tim- 

 ber lands an excellent example. This, 

 the first example of the application of 

 practical forestry in the handling of 

 Tennessee woodlands, has certainly been 

 successful enough to induce other own- 

 ers of timber lands to consider the 

 matter. It is notable that since the 

 start of this work plans have been re- 

 quested from the Bureau of Forestry 

 for the management of several other 

 and larger timber tracts in eastern 

 Tennessee. 



There are likely in the United States 

 other tracts of timber owned by the 

 land-grant colleges that could be made 

 to produce increased annual revenues if 

 managed along the lines in force at the 

 University of the South. In this the 

 University of the South has set an ex- 

 ample that land-grant educational insti- 

 tutions might consider with profit. 



