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sold at once. Whenever the forest on different compartments 

 requires different treatment or different stumpage prices, the 

 terms of sale should provide for the needs of each. When there 

 is more than one forest type within a compartment, the estimate 

 for the whole compartment must be based upon separate estimates 

 of the stand per acre and area in each type. When the applica- 

 tion does not include all the merchantable timber on a tract, the 

 forest officer must submit an estimate of the merchantable timber 

 which will be left after logging. This estimate should include 

 seed trees, young timber which it is deemed inadvisable to cut, and 

 all other merchantable timber not included in the application. 

 In each case the diameter limit, if one is followed, must be 

 specified. 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 



Among the points to be covered are: Effect upon water flow, 

 possible profit in holding the timber for a future higher price, 

 the need for the timber, the possibility or difficulty of getting it 

 elsewhere, the necessity of preserving the timber, if limited in 

 amount, for important local needs, the reliability of the applicant, 

 and the price which should be obtained. The last is of great 

 importance, especially in sales not requiring advertising, and 

 should be decided not by custom or local stumpage prices, but by 

 the actual value of the timber as determined by its character, 

 ease of logging, and distance from market. Timber on a gentle 

 slope and near a mill or drivable stream may be worth more than 

 twice as much as less accessible timber. The forest officer should 

 find out the cost of marketing all timber and recommend prices 

 which will make it all about equally desirable. The forest descrip- 

 tion should always state the cost of each step of logging and manu- 

 ufacture, the sale value of lumber or other material manufactured 

 from .timber procured from a forest reserve, and the price which 

 competing lumber from outside sources brings. The estimated 

 profit of the purchaser if the sale is approved at the stumpage rates 

 recommended must also be given. Separate figures upon these 

 points must be submitted for each species included in the sale. In 

 recommending prices for timber used by mining companies, power 

 companies, etc., which is not to be sold in the general market, the 

 cost to the prospective purchaser of securing the material required 



