SCALING AND CHECK SCALING IN INDIAN SERVICE 37 



that description, or for reference in case any trouble ever comes 

 up regarding the report. 



These reports are made on regular forms. The first column 

 represents the number of logs of each species scaled on the 

 particular description during the week ; the second column, the 

 scale for that number of logs. The two columns headed "Previous 

 scale" show the number of logs and the scale for all timber 

 previously taken, and the last or "Total scale" gives the total 

 of the first two, or the total number of logs and total scale up 

 to the date of the report. It is easy to figure from these re- 

 ports the value of the timber removed at any given date, and if 

 the original estimate is known, approximately the amount of 

 timber is left on the area. 



SCALER'S REPORT 



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f. . . /. <S. .191 \U. otJLogs Cut arid Banked/rdm 



Allotment on the (f^ 6.&&.M..3j. </&. , /*.. 



of Section../^.., Town..^T/... Range. J ... Wesjt^ on^e ^Jad River Reservation, Wisconsin, 

 or J. S. STEARNS LUMBER CO., by.. 



Each sealer's work is checked up every week or ten days and 

 the results reported to the Chief of the Indian Forest Service at 

 Washington, D. C. Regular inspection forms are used, and are 

 kept by the inspector, and are open to inspection at any time by 

 the Chief or anyone from the Washington Office. 



In checking up a sealer's work the inspector selects the logs 

 he will scale and puts the number of each log in the column 

 headed "Log No." and opposite this number in the column headed 

 *Tnsp." his scale of that log. Usually 100 or more logs are 



