66 FOREST REGULATION 



C. COMPILATION OF THE INFORMATION 

 IN A REPORT. 



1. View Point. Whether the property belongs to state, or to 

 a man in New York the report must keep in mind two kinds of 

 readers : 



a. The Owner in New York or the Member of a state Com- 

 mission usually a non-technical and very busy man who cannot 

 study a long report but is willing to spend a few hours to get the 

 principal facts as they concern him. For this man a one or two 

 page resume is very helpful, but also the rest of the General Report 

 should be in such form that, if he cares, he can readily find and 

 understand the desirable information. 



b. The Forester who is to use the Working Plan. He is- 

 technical, critical, and for him the general Report should not only 

 be brief and clear, but also quite complete, and it should refer to 

 detail descriptions and notes and maps in such a way that he can 

 readily verify all statements. 



2. The Arrangement of the Material or the Form of the 

 Report. Keeping in mind the custom of stating the more general 

 facts first, it is usual to arrange the matter as follows : 



a. Outside Conditions, or conditions not really part of the 

 property. Here belong: Location, and description of District in- 

 cluding lands and topography and climate ; then also the population 

 and its industries ; the markets and transportation ; also special 

 forest industries, logging and milling, though these latter might 

 well follow the description of the property. 



b. Description of the Property, including Land and Timber, 

 Improvements and Business. Tables are more telling than text, but 

 long and complex tables, requiring extensive study, are rarely 

 properly used. 



3. The Compilation. The field maps are copied and compiled 

 into larger maps on a smaller scale, and traced for white and blue 

 prints. In compiling the forest descriptions and estimates or Tally 

 Results it is well : 



a. To decide first* on the form and contents of the General 

 Report. 



