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:snSC. PUBLICATION 11, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



EBGULATION OF THE CUT 



With fill' data at hand, only a roiifjli calculation of the annual cut can be 

 made. For the tirst cutting cycle the annual cut is based on tiie following 

 premises : 



Board feet 



Total estimate for Government land 792, 827. 000 



Amount to l)e cut diirlnK llrst cutting cycle, 80 per cent, or 6;{4. L'C"_', 000 



Totiil .stimato for private land 163.319.000 



Amount to he cut during first cutting cycle, 95 per cent 155, 153,000 



Total amount to be cut 789, 415, 000 



Cutting cycle 



50 years. 



Total 

 estimate 



Poard-feet 

 956, 146, 000 



Amount to 

 be cut 



Poard-feet 

 789,416,000 



Annual cut 



Board -feet 

 15, 788, 000 



An average annual cut of the rounded-oflP figure of 16,000.000 board feet has 

 accordingly liei-n adopted and is considered snuiid for the f()ll(»\ving reasons: 



1. It is thou'-'ht to be conservative, inasmuch as the estimates, particularly 

 on private land, are considered low. 



2. It pi'ovidos for the removal of all the mature and decadent timber within 

 50 years, and at the same time provides f(»r u second cut of sufficient size 

 to make a profitable operation. 



'.\. It places the area in shape for the starting of sustained yield. 



GENERAL I'ROGRE.SS OF CUT 



The general progress of cut contemplates (1) the completion of the present 

 sale. (2) th(> cutting of the remaining timber on the north side of the valley, 

 (3) the cutting of the timber on the south side of the valley. In other words, 

 the cut will proceed counter clockwise around the luisiii. 



I.AXD EXCHANGE 



Of the 0,189 acres of pati^nted land withn the working circle, less than 

 4.000 acres will be available for land exchange. Over GO iK'r cent of the 

 patented land was taken up through mineral and homeslead entries and can 

 not, therefore, be taken over by the Government under the present exchange 

 law." The land available for exchange .should be acquired by the Government 

 as soon as practicable after it is cut over. 



CUTTING ON PRrV'ATE LANDS 



Future production from Ibis working circle will be strongly influenced by the 

 condition in which the i)rivat(^ land is left after the first cutting. This will 

 be pointed out to those iiHcontrol of lumbering on these private lands, and th(\v 

 will be urged to (1) fall all snags; (2) dispose of brnsli by piling, or at least 

 by scattering the brush and protecting (he area by fire lines; (?,) i)reserve young 

 growth in logging; (4) provide adequate fire protection while logging; and (5) 

 leave at least four trees per a<re IS inches d. b. h. or over. 



The carrying out of these mea.^nrcs will keei> the land in pnxluctive condition 

 and provide f(»r at least one cut for tlie rotation period. 



TIMHER-SALE POMCY 



Under this plan the timber s;ile iM)liey will include the following: 



1. Provision for sales to suF)ply the established industry with a continuous 



cut, so far as is possible under the jn'ocedure and pt)licy existing at the time 



of sale. 



•The pxctianRo law wan amended In 1925 to allow the reservation of mineral rights by 

 elfhor ftio proponent of ;in <xoliangr' or, if liinil instead of timbor is the considorntion. by 

 the lTnitf>d States. The acreage doslrnblo for acquisition by the Govornmont In this circle 

 has thus been Increased, but the agricultural lands should remain in private ownership. 



