SPECIFICATIONS FOR TAPPING 435 



United States Forest Service — Florida National Forest 



SAMPLE TURPENTINE PERMIT 



December 11, 1911. 

 In consideration of the granting to us of this permit to work for turpentine certain 

 longleaf and slash pine timber on an area to be definitely designated by a forest officer 

 before cupping begins, located in Sections 14, 24, and 26, T. 2 N., R. 21 W., Talla- 

 hassee Meridian, within the Florida National Forest, estimated to contain 19,000 

 cups more or less, we do hereby promise to pay to the First National Bank of Albu- 

 querque, New Mexico (U. S. Depository), for said permit at the rate of $86 per thousand 

 cups in two payments of at least one-half of the total amount due, credit being given 

 for the sums, if any, hitherto deposited with the said First National Bank of Albuquerque 

 in connection with this permit; and we further promise and agree, should this permit 

 be granted to us, to work said timber in strict accordance with the following and all 

 other related regulations governing the National Forests and prescribed by the De- 

 partment of Agriculture: 



1. Timber on valid claims and timber under other contract is exempt from this 

 permit. 



2. No tree will be cupped, chipped, raked, or worked in any manner until the first 

 payment has been made. 



3. No gum or other product of the timber will be removed before the cups on the 

 area have been counted and recorded. Title to the product of the timber included in 

 this permit will not pass to the permittee until it has been paid for as herein prescribed. 



4. No timber will be cupped except that on the area designated by a forest officer; 

 and no marked trees or trees under the diameter hmits will be cupped or chipped imder 

 any consideration. 



5. No tree 10 inches or less in diameter will be cupped; not more than one cup will 

 be placed on trees from 11 to 15 inches inclusive in diameter; not more than two cups 

 will be placed on trees from 16 inches to 25 inches inclusive in diameter, and not more 

 than three cups will be placed on any tree. All diameter measurements are to be taken 

 at a point 2 J feet above the ground. 



6. So far as possible, the depth of all streaks will average one-half inch or less, and 

 in no case will the depth of streaks exceed three-quarters of an inch not including bark. 

 The width of the streaks will be so regulated that no more than one-half inch of new 

 wood will be taken from the upper side with each streak and so that the total height 

 of the faces shall not exceed fifty inches during the hfe of this permit. Bars or strips 

 of bark no less than 4 inches wide in the narrowest place will be left between faces, and 

 the edges of faces will be parallel with each other and be placed vertically up the tree. 

 So far as possible, where more than one face is placed on a tree, one bar between them 

 will not exceed 6 inches in width. No more than one streak will be placed on any face 

 during any one week. The chipping will be uniform in depth from shoulder to peak. 

 Faces not chipped in accordance with these specifications may be marked out and the 

 cups removed by the forest officer. 



7. One of the modern cupping systems will be used, and the cups and aprons or 

 gutters will be so placed that the shoulders of the first streak will not be more than 12 

 inches distant from the bottom of the cup and the cups will be placed as near the 

 ground as possible. No wood will be exposed on any tree by removing the bark below 

 the gutter or aprons. 



8. No unnecessary damage will be done to cupped trees, marked trees, or to trees 

 below the diameter limit. Trees that are badly damaged during the life of this permit, 

 when such damage is due to carelessness or negligence on the part of the permittee, 



