4 k J A 1'RIMFi; OF FORFSTRV. 



trees of different diameters will be left per acre after 

 the first cutting, and how fast these young trees grow. 

 Finally, it estimates the future return in money, taking 

 into account the taxes, interest, and other expenses on 

 one side, and the future crop on the other. In order to 



make this estimate 

 entirely safe, it is 

 usually based on the 

 present price of 

 stumpage. although 

 its future value will 

 certainly be much 

 higher. 



FKLT.IN<; TIIK TKKKS. 



The difference be- 

 tween the practical 

 work under ordinary 

 lumbering and under 

 conservative lumber- 

 ing is chiefly in the 

 selection of the trees 

 to cut, in felling 

 them, and in the first 



oeu, TZSL^ZTY: part of their journey 



from the stump to 



the mill. I'nder a working plan the trees to cut are 

 chosen in such a way that when they are gone the for- 

 cM will Miller but little from their absence, because 

 their places \\ill be taken by others as quickly as pos- 

 sible. I'snally the trees Delected are first stamped 

 with a marking hatchet to prevent mistakes, and then 

 the next -tep is to cut them down. 



24. Government forester niarkiiiK trees 



