78 Forest Club Annual 



accurately done. All cultural features, contours, type let- 

 ters, boundary lines of types and subtypes, and corners 

 known to be in place were represented on the permanent 

 sheet with India ink. 



The types were represented with colored crayons ac- 

 cording to the grazing reconnaissance legend, and were sep- 

 arated by a dotted black line. The condition of the range on 

 each subtype was shown as follows: if an area was well 

 stocked, that is, had a density of vegetation of three-tenths 

 or more of palatable species, it was shown in the solid color. 

 Poorly stocked portions, areas having less than a three- 

 tenths density of palatable vegetation, were shown by verti- 

 cal hatching in the type color; overgrazed areas were repre- 

 sented by horizontal hatching. The dividing lines between 

 well stocked, poorly stocked, and overgrazed areas were 

 shown by a solid line in the type color. As the range im- 

 proves it will be possible to fill in the area with solid color. 



The notes were written for the section as a whole, fol- 

 lowing the outline given under field notes, and the same sub- 

 types were averaged together. About one-third of the space 

 on the back of each sheet was reserved for a list of all the 

 plants found on the section. The common and scientific 

 names were given and the plants were listed as palatable or 

 non-palatable. 



An office tent, table, office box, and necessary crayons, 

 pencils, sheets, inks, pens, and other equipment were car- 

 ried with the outfit in order that the office work could be 

 done on rainy days. It was the rule, however, not to allow 

 the unmapped work to accumulate for more than a week, 

 in order that the area might be fresh in the examiner's mind. 

 When the men were not doing office work the table was 

 used in the cook tent and the office tent was used for sleep- 

 ing quarters. 



The work in 1912 was largely a continuation of the 

 work begun in 1911. The crew of 1912 consisted of one 

 Grazing Examiner, an Assistant Forest Ranger and three 

 Forest Guards. On account of other duties the Examiner 

 was not in camp during all of the season. 



Throughout the early part of the season of 1911 the 

 crew stayed at logging camps, from which the surrounding" 

 country was worked. In the latter part of the season of 



