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Photographs In all doubtful cases photographs of the area 

 may accompany applied for mav be taken and submitted with the 

 reports ' report. 



The examiner's report must be complete in every detail and con- 

 tain definite recommendations for or against listing: 



a " tlie lanc1 ' Tne entire area applied for must be the 

 subject of the recommendations. If only a portion of 

 the area may be listed, definite reasons must be given 

 for the rejection of the balance. When the area applied for and 

 recommended for listing is less than 160 acres, the examiner may 

 include in his report and recommendation for listing any contiguous 

 area of land chiefly valuable for agriculture and not needed for public 

 uses, which with the area applied for and recommended for listing 

 will not exceed 160 acres. 



In deciding whether the land applied for should be listed it must be 

 shown that it is not needed for public uses, including reservoir sites, 

 and that it has no value for power purposes and that its value is 

 greater for agricultural than for forest purposes. It is necessary 

 that the values for forest and agricultural purposes, respectively, be 

 separately appraised and that the basis for such appraisal be clearly 

 shown. 



To determine its value for forest purposes the report must give the 

 quantity, kind, and value of merchantable timber and of reproduction 

 and the importance of the forest cover for the protection of water 

 supply. The value of the young forest growth below merchantable 

 size and the value of the land itself for the production of timber should 

 be estimated as closely as practicable on the basis of expected yield, 

 using any silvical data available. 



To determine its value for agricultural purposes, the report must 

 show the extent to which the land is susceptible of producing cul- 

 tivated crops, with or without irrigation, and the kind and value of 

 the crops that can be produced. In deciding this the soil, climate, 

 altitude, slope and water supply, distance and accessibility to 

 market must be considered. While accessibility should be considered 

 hi determining the relative value of lands for agricultural and forest 

 purposes, distance and inaccessibility to market will not be grounds 

 for the rejection of land which is chiefly valuable for agriculture. As 

 far as practicable under local conditions the market value of improved 

 farm lands in the locality similar in character to the tract applied for, 

 as determined by sales, should be ascertained and reported, together 

 with the cost of putting the land applied for in similar condition. 

 The value of the tract in its present state for agricultural purposes 

 should usually be appraised by deducting the cost of clearing and other 

 necessary improvements from the current price in the locality of 

 unproved farm lands of similar character. 



Lands valuable for the purpose of grazing only will not be listed 

 under the act of June 11, 1906, but grazing land may be included in an 

 area listed as agricultural land, provided that the area of the grazing 

 land does not exceed the area of the cultivable land. 



In determining the boundaries of the area to be recommended for 

 listing they should be established with reference to what constitutes 

 a reasonable farm unit. Small areas of timbered or nonagricultural 

 land may be included for this purpose or to permit the inclusion in 



