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indicate what part of the boundaries has been inspected and when, 

 and the condition of these lines, blazes, and monuments. 



In many cases certain areas or lines are in dispute; then also 

 lands under timber contracts, etc., should be shown on plat and in 

 list. 



In many cases time of purchase, of regular land survey, title, 

 etc., are of interest even in the matter of making a Working Plan. 



In all cases where portions of the lands should be eliminated and 

 sold for agricultural purposes, the lands should receive special color 

 on the plat and note in list. 



V. DETAIL DESCRIPTION, NOTES AND MAPS.. 



After all or any considerable part of the field work is done the 

 field notes should be copied and. one copy, at least, stored in fire 

 proof vault. 



The material. This is quite a bulky affair. For a forest of 

 50,000 acres, and if done by lots of eighty acres each and maps of 

 every section, there are over 600 sheets of description and tally, and 

 perhaps over 100 separate maps. 



Two ways now are open : Ordinary clerical help may copy, or 

 else an expert, preferably the man in charge of the field work copies, 

 studies and condenses. In the former case, it is safest to allow the 

 clerk no change of data whatever, i. e.. have it copied as it stands 

 in the field notes, except the tally sheet where he can well substitute 

 number for tally dots and lines. 



Where the forester copies, the following will prove suitable. 



a. Copy descriptions by Lots on same kind of sheets as used 

 in the field, one sheet for one lot only. 



b. Condense the descriptions for each Sub-Lot into one de- 

 scription per Sub-Lot, i. e., where a Sub-Lot in field receives two 

 or more descriptions (common if well done), these descriptions are 

 combined and averaged, and the volume of timber computed for 

 entire Sub-Lot so that one line and one description suffices for each 

 sub-lot. This requires expert knowledge, preferably personal 

 knowledge of particular forest lands and it also requires interest and 

 care, for in this task the first valuable record of the property is 

 laid down. 



c. These Lot sheets are then filed in regular order by Town- 

 ship and Section, or other system. 



