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(b) Piled Lots. — With the understandin<i: that poles and other 

 small classes have been duly placed in lots, all that has to be 

 done here is to count the numbers of lots of each class and enter 

 them in the book. They are also reckoned in cubic meters. 



When for instance the forest manager enters half a hundred 

 second class hop-poles in his book, their volume is known, for from 

 the class-tariff the dimensions of a second class hop-pole are known 

 and therefore how many such hop-poles go to a cubic meter. 



The cubic contents of poles is measured in the same way, 

 as for logs, but evidently this need be done only in a few cases 

 to determine the average, or experimental tables may be referred 

 to for the purpose. It is to be regretted that there is little 

 general agreement as to the class dimensions of poles, and the 

 volumes of different lots are in a state of chaos. 



(c) Stacked Wood. — In estimating the quantity of stacked 

 wood and faggots, all that has to be done is to count the number 

 of units of recognized dimensions and enter them in the book, 

 and as the stacks are usually 1, 2, 3 or rarely 4 stacked cubic 

 meters, this is a very simple affair. At the same time, the 

 dimensions of the stacks as to height and breadth should be 

 checked, here and there, by actual measurement. The depth is 

 the actual length of the billets, the correctness of which should 

 be carefully seen to during the conversion. The stacks must 

 also be piled as densely as possible ; badly piled stacks should 

 be upset and piled again. The length and girth of the faggots 

 should at the same time be checked, and the number of faggots. 

 entered in the book. 



3. Estimatuifi the Quality of the Produce. 



This includes all the points already referred to, such as species,, 

 grain, and customs of the market. The species should always be 

 entered in the Range receipt-book, but to enter the other points 

 would lead the manager too far into detail. Taken altogether, 

 however, they enable the forest manager to decide on the quality 

 of the produce and he will pay the more attention to these 

 points, the more valuable each lot is likely to be. 



As already stated, the greatest attention should be paid to 

 the quality of the oak-timber and to logs of spruce and silver-fir,. 



