' 



Extent of decay:- Express this in number of feat and desig- 

 nate either base or top of tree. 



Lightning evidence:- This may be expressed by one cross (x) 

 or more if the tree is "badly hit. 



Trees killed in group:- '"Freshly infested" will "be the mim- 

 ber cut, "dead one year" those with more or less needles stil? 

 on the branches, "dead two .years" black looking trees v/ith the 

 branches still intact, and "dead three or more years" all 

 other dead standing trees in the group. 



Age of tree:- . The rings must be counted by the foreman of th- 

 3-man cre-v and reported to the chief of party each night rit 1 - 

 the number of the tree. 



Time spent on operation:- This should be figured in one-nan 

 hours . 



Increment:- When specif icalljr instructed the officer in cha" 

 of the control work should obtain a diagram of the annual ri : 

 of the last fcwo inches. If the rings are so close that he i.-j 

 unable to mark them on a t-.vo-inch diagram opposite the qiiestl 

 he may mark each fifth ring. This \vill give the required pro- 

 portional distance . In this case he shoul'" 1 distinctly desig- 

 nate that he has marked only every fifth ring by placing the 



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