300 FEATURES OF FRENCH NATIONAL FOREST ADMINISTRATION 



guard. Not more than 60 per cent of foreign workmen can be used in 

 the mountain feUing (see p. 302) and not more than 10 per cent for the 

 other feUings. 



In the thirty-second conservation, at Vesoul, the special clauses are 

 even more minute. 



According to Article 2: 



"Peeling oak. — Permission to peel is granted in all oak fellings. Peeling standing 

 is only permitted if a circular incision is first made around each stump 5 inches above 

 the soil and provided that the felling keeps pace with the peehng. . . ." 



According to Article 3 : 



"Method of felling. — Fellings shall be made level with the ground except for clumps 

 of beech stool shoots which must be cut in accordance with the direction of the local 

 agent. The use of the saw is authorized in high forest fellings for all trees and in cop- 

 pice fellings for trees measuring more than 59 inches in circumference at breast high. 

 The local agent can authorize stump extraction in the reserve fellings on condition that 

 the resulting excavations shall be carefully filled and leveled, that these areas shall be 

 planted before the first of April . . . with the species suitable for the soil, at 

 the rate of two per square yard, in accordance with the directions of the forest agents " 



According to Article 4: 



"Cleaning, extraction of weeds, arrangement of brush. — In the high forest fellings, 

 the contractor must cut level with the ground not later than the first of November of 

 the year following the sale ... in accordance with the demand of the local ranger 

 all trees damaged, bent, or injured by feUing. . . . The branches from peeled oak 

 may be scattered over the felling area between the stumps in accordance with the 

 instructions from the local agents. In aU the felling areas, the heather and weeds (if 

 there are any designated in the marking record) shall be hoed up before the fifteenth 

 of April of the year following the auction, except in the selection fellings and thimiings." 



Special provision is made for the pruning of branches on the trunks 

 of coppice standards, which must be done before May 15 of each year. 

 Logs or trees can be dragged only in the interior of felling areas and 

 not on roads paved or unpaved except with the express permission of 

 the local ranger. Areas covered with huts or workshops must be leveled 

 and planted at the expense of the contractor before April 1 of the year 

 in which the sale is terminated. Not more than 20 per cent of foreign 

 labor can be employed in the felling areas. Withes will be paid for at 

 the rate of 58 cents per thousand. 



Very detailed directions are given for the classification of fuel to be 

 delivered to the Federal and communal emploj^ees. 



"The fagots must be 4.36 feet in length and 32.5 inches in circumference. . . . 

 Each fagot must be composed of 10 billets having a minimum diameter of 2 inches; 

 fagots may be substituted by stacked billets having at least 8 inches circumference 

 at the small end of beech, or hornbeam at the rate of 3 steres (3.6 steres — 1 cord) 

 per 100 fagots. . . . 



In the twelfth conservation (Besangon), which includes part of the 

 valuable Jura region, trees can be peeled standing and the contractor 



