calities where there Is good natural reproduction of the 

 species planted. Hoither Yellow Pine nor Su^ar Pine 

 thrive outside of the eltitudinal zones in v;hich thoy 

 nature lly belong, iSj Late './inter or Soring seeding is 

 a failure. Seeds should be set in the early Fell in or- 

 der to obtain the advantage of nearly the ontire annual 

 precipitation. (3) Seeding is more successful on areas 

 above 4,000 feet then at lower altitudes, for the reason 

 that the snow at the higher altitudes ^oes off later and the 

 dry season is correspondingly shorter. In unfavorable 

 regions planting should be more successful then seeding. 



The first stopa have boon ta>en in the construc- 

 tion of cord'-ood volume tables for Rod ?lr. Forest Assis- 

 tant Oallaher worked up a table ftr the species, givin<r the 

 merchantable volume in cubic feet on the basis of diameter 

 and height. To complete the tables it is necessary to !oaow 

 exactly 'how many cubic feet of eolid wood the.re are in a cord 

 of split 3e<? ?ir wood. It ic plannoc 1 this o.-rinj to obtain 

 this data by means of a Xyloraeter, a small tank filled with 

 water in which stic'.;s of corkwood con be inner cod. ller.ouro- 

 ment of the rater disnlr cod rrives the cubic volume of the 

 stick. The Xylometer has already boon constructed and it Is 

 planned to measure about 25 cords of Red Tir wood this Spr^.n^ 

 at the mill of the Grown Columbia Pu.:cr Co-.-.-any at Floriston. 

 California. 



The volume tables rhon conploted -rill be of very 

 Treat value in connection V7lth the pulpwood sales on this 

 iorost, and es;ociclly in r.'orlring up the estimates obtained 

 by the reconnaissance crow this ceason in the Hod ?ir bait. 



The largest timber sale ever made on this Forest 

 has boon concluded. The cimber in Lebanon Canyon for which 

 the Vevdi Lumber Company applied has been cdvertlsed and 

 sold to that Company. The amount is estimated to be 

 52,7uO.OCC board feet of Yellow Pine, 18,100.wO'j board feet 

 of .<hito ?ir, 2,10o,COO board feet of Suar Pine, and 20,000 

 cords of Yellov: Pine cordvood and 36w,000 Ceder posts. 



The contract rllows l. years from Ifc.rch 1, 1913 

 for removal of the timber. In this sale the Foroet -orvice 

 usinc: a ne\? method of determining stump'e^e rates. Up to 

 this time fevr seles for Ion? periods have been mcde, becauce 

 of the difficulty of foretelling stumpa.re rates vrhich *~ould 



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