GERMAN CASK 



Finally there is added a compilation of income and expenses 

 taken from the records of the office, and usually an enumeration 

 of the men or staff regularly employed. Of the maps the one 

 representing the stands, their species and age (by colors) is renewed 

 and brought up-to-date. Then there is worked out for each Work- 

 ing Section (except the Selection forest) : 



2) Table of Age Classes; which takes on about the following 

 form. 



WORKING SECTION I, SPRUCE, ROTATION 100 YEARS. 



The addition of these tables presents the Age Class conditions, 

 ;and tells the forester at a glance how much land is stocked with 

 Spruce of the different ages and how far the age classes are irregu- 

 lar. Thus in the above case, age class I has too much by about 

 500 acres, etc. 



3) Table of Sites, i. e., a table showing the quality of land on 

 different parts of the property. This table takes about the same 

 form as the table of age classes, the Sites, usually I-V, taking the 

 place of age classes, and compiled directly from the detail descrip- 

 tion of the Lots. This important table tells how much good, medium 

 and poor forest land there is on the property, the criterion here being 

 the height of trees of given age, and still more the volume of timber 

 on a fully stocked acre of a certain age. 



4) Stand Table. This is an incomplete table; it brings to- 

 gether only the stands which are now ripe, and also all stands which 



