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(9) During what months should cutting be allowed? 



(10) What timber may be used for skidways, roads, 

 and camps, and should it be paid for? 



(11) Where should camps, roads, clams, etc., be 

 located ? 



(12) Should the cutting of desirable species only be 

 allowed, or should the purchaser be required to remove 

 all merchantable timber on the tract? 



(13) To what extent will young growth be damaged 

 by the proposed lumbering, and what special precau- 

 tions are necessary to prevent it? 



(14) How and where will logs be skidded for scaling? 

 If logs are not skidded, how will extra cost of scaling 

 be paid ? 



(15) What valid private claims are included in the 

 sale area ? 



(16) What precautions are necessary to prevent for- 

 est fires, and how many employees of the purchaser 

 will be available to assist the forest officers in fighting 

 fire? 



'(IT) If a bond is required, what should be its condi- 

 tions and amount? 



In applications for dead timber the following points 

 should also be considered: 



(1) Should all, or only standing, dead timber be 

 taken? 



(2) Should all wood sound enough for fuel be taken ? 



(3) Should all trees above a given size (what size ?) be 

 taken ? 



(4) Should the purchaser pile the unsound portions 

 of down trees from which he uses the sound parts? 



Dead timber includes only timber, standing or down, 



